Opinion ID: 2224546
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Supplementing the Record.

Text: We first address the State's and the guardian ad litem's contention that the court of appeals erred when it allowed Jeannie to supplement the record. We think an appellate court can, in limited circumstances, remand to supplement the record. We think the court of appeals should not have done so in this case because the August 30 hearing involved children other than Melissa. The juvenile court made findings only as they related to these children. So the court of appeals was in the position of a trial court, making its own findings from the same evidence on the issue of termination regarding Melissa. This put the State and the guardian ad litem in the untenable position of having to respond to a record they never thought would be relevant in this appeal. For these reasons, we do not consider the supplementation of the record on behalf of Jeannie or the one on behalf of the State. We limit our review to the record made in the termination proceeding involving Melissa.