Court Opinion

ID: 9862400
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 01:09:11.91122+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:25:17.443382
License: Public Domain

Concurring Opinion
Givan, J.
I concur in the result reached by the majority opinion but cannot agree with many of the statements made in the opinion.
I do not think Burns’ Ind. Stat. § 9-1603 cited in the opinion is applicable to juvenile cases. I do believe that the applica*332tion of the doctrine of parens patriae requires that the judge conduct not only an informal hearing in juvenile cases, but that this hearing should be conducted in a manner which is fair and calculated to give the child the best possible impression as to the fairness of the court. For this reason I feel that no juvenile hearing has served its purpose until the judge has given the child the opportunity to make a statement, if he so chooses, concerning the matter before the court. I would reverse the case for this reason alone.