Child Comments (Replies) Don’t Validate

Somewhere between my comment code and the built in comments-template.php creating the code I’m getting extra ‘s and not having the <ul class=’children’> put in the right spot. All of this is causing the page not to validate. I can’t seem to figure out why it’s happening or how to fix it. I would love some help. Thanks guys!

This is a theme I’m testing and so it’s not yet live. If you click off the page you’ll have to add ?theme=Limb%20Kulers to the end of the URL.

Page in question: https://justincox.com/2009/lost-the-incident/?theme=Limb%20Kulers

comments.php excerpt:

<?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>

			<a name="comments"></a>
			<div class="comments">
				<h2><?php comments_number('No Comments', 'One Comment', '% Comments' ); ?></h2>
			</div>

			<ol class="commentlist">
				<?php wp_list_comments('callback=comment'); ?>
			</ol>

<?php else : // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>

functions.php excerpt:

<?php //Comment Reply Hack (https://bavotasan.com/tutorials/how-to-add-nested-comments-to-your-wordpress-theme/) ?>

<?php function comment($comment, $args, $depth) { $GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment; ?>

<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>">

<div <?php comment_class(); ?>>

	<div class="comment-meta">
		<?php echo get_avatar( $comment, 72 ); ?><br />
		<span class="date"><?php comment_date('n/j/y') ?></span><br />
		<span class="time"><?php comment_time('g:ia') ?></span>
	</div>
	<div class="text">
		<h1><?php comment_author_link() ?><?php edit_comment_link('&Dagger;', '&nbsp;', ''); ?></h1>

		<?php if ($comment->comment_approved == '0') : ?>
		<em>Your comment is awaiting moderation.</em>
		<?php endif; ?>
		<?php comment_text() ?>
		<?php if($args['max_depth']!=$depth) { ?> <p class="reply"> <?php comment_reply_link(array_merge($args, array('depth' => $depth, 'max_depth' => $args['max_depth']))) ?> to <?php comment_author_link() ?> </p> <?php } ?>
	</div>	

</div>

</li> <!-- End Comment <?php comment_ID() ?> -->

<?php } ?>