Court Opinion

ID: 9755823
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 20:52:05.028361+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:11.596204
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Dissenting Opinion by
Mb. Justice Cohen :
Our Chief Justice has permitted, and the majority of our Court has apparently approved, the establishment of a precedent which permits a lower court from which an appeal has been taken to engage counsel to represent the lower court in the appeal so that the lower tribunal’s determination may be sustained.
Counsel for the County Court seeks to justify his appearance before our Court by the following quote *311taken from bis brief: “. . . Tbe County Court, because of its statutory duty to act as parens patriae towards tbe children and adolescents wbo come before its Juvenile Division, is vitally concerned that its proper statutory powers be fully and correctly exercised. Therefore it is presenting this brief amicus curiae, by its counsel, to point out to tbe Court tbe relevant statutory provisions which governed tbe disposition by Judge Weight of tbe case of Dwight Gaskins below and to demonstrate that these provisions fully support bis actions.”
Such action is contrary to our established concepts of tbe rights and duties of a lower tribunal and runs counter to all past appellate court procedures. On the merits, I am inclined to agree with tbe action of tbe lower court.
I dissent.