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State of Utah, in the interest of E.M., C.M., and M.M
IN THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS ----ooOoo----
State of Utah, in the interest of E.M., C.M., and M.M.,
persons under eighteen years of age.
J.M. and A.M.,
Appellants,

v.

State of Utah,
Appellee.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

(Not For Official Publication)

Case No. 20000918-CA

F I L E D
March 21, 2002


First District Juvenile, Logan Department The Honorable Larry E. Jones
Attorneys: David M. Perry, Logan, for Appellants Mark L. Shurtleff and John Peterson, Salt Lake City, for Appellee
Martha Pierce and Dianne R. Balmain, Salt Lake City, Guardians Ad Litem
Before Judges Bench, Orme, and Thorne.
ORME, Judge:
We have determined that "[t]he facts and legal arguments are adequately presented in the briefs and record and the decisional process would not be significantly aided by oral argument." Utah R. App. P. 29(a)(3).
Appellants' Points III and V are best characterized as sufficiency of the evidence claims. The thrust of these arguments seems to be that despite the trial court's findings to the contrary, the children's many medical procedures were indeed necessary and there was insufficient evidence for the court to find that abuse had occurred. In challenging the court's findings, appellants fail to satisfy the heavy marshaling burden that those "challenging [a] trial court's findings of fact" must shoulder. Moon v. Moon, 1999 UT App 12,

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