In the Interest of Matzen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reviewing decision to suspend proceedings for an abuse of discretion because legislature’s use of the term “may” indicated it had built the juvenile court’s discretion into the statute
• considering juvenile court’s statutory discretion to enter a consent decree
• In circumstances where the legislature has built the juvenile court’s discretion into the statute, “our role requires a de novo review to the extent of examining all the evidence to determine whether the court abused its discretion.”
• review of exercise of discretion in granting consent decree
• considering juvenile court’s statutory discretion to enter a consent decree

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).