In Re Billy W.

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• holding that, where the Rules of Evidence were not strictly applied, the trial judge “must evaluate whether evidence proffered for admission is sufficiently reliable and probative prior to its admission”
• concluding that “in permanency planning hearings when the Rules of Evidence are not strictly applied, the trial court must evaluate whether evidence proffered for admission is sufficiently reliable and probative prior to its admission”
• discussing the “traditional role” for guardians ad litem in custody cases as the duty to determine the child’s best interests, make a recommendation to the court on that basis, and testify at the custody hearing
• orders eliminating parent’s unsupervised visitation with children and requiring parent to secure services of off-duty police officer to supervise visits were changes to the parent’s detriment and thus were immediately appealable
• order maintaining permanency plan but changing visitation structure to parents’ detriment immediately appealable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).