Utah Code Title 80. Utah Juvenile Code § 80-3-108. Opportunity for a minor to address the juvenile court--Consideration of minor's statement outside of court

(a) a dispositional hearing;

(b) a permanency hearing; or

(c) a review hearing, except a drug court review hearing.

(a) requiring the minor to be present at the postadjudication hearing would be detrimental to the minor or impractical; or

(b) the minor is not sufficiently mature to articulate the minor's wishes in relation to the hearing.

(4)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), at any hearing in a case relating to the abuse, neglect, or dependency of a minor, when the minor is present at the hearing, the juvenile court shall:

(b) Subsection (4)(a) does not apply if the juvenile court determines that:

(c) Subject to applicable court rules, the juvenile court may allow the minor to address the court in camera.

(d) If a minor 14 years old or older desires an opportunity to address the juvenile court or testify, the juvenile court shall give the minor's desires added weight, but may not treat the minor's desires as the single controlling factor in a postadjudication hearing or other hearing described in Subsection (3).

(e) For the purpose of establishing the fact of abuse, neglect, or dependency, the juvenile court may, in the juvenile court's discretion, consider evidence of statements made by a child under eight years old to an individual in a trust relationship.