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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Utah Supreme Court says a juvenile court judge should not have ordered a drug test for the father of a teenage girl in trouble for marijuana possession.
In a split ruling issued Friday, justices said there was not enough probable cause to believe the Iron County father was using drugs.
A majority of justices said the tests violated the man's Fourth Amendment rights.
Fifth District Juvenile Judge Hans Chamberlin ordered the tests after the father refused to take them. Police and other family members had said they suspected the man was making methamphetamine.
The court opinion says the man eventually tested negative for drugs.
Justices Matthew Durrant and Michael Wilkins dissented. They said the judge acted properly to protect the best interests of the daughter.
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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune
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