Ellis v. SOCIAL SERVICES DEPT., ETC.

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• concluding father was entitled to show that he was not afforded opportunity to comply with adoption statute where he asserted mother moved to Utah and placed child for adoption without his knowledge
• concluding father was entitled to show that he was not afforded opportunity to comply with adoption statute where he asserted mother moved to Utah and placed child for adoption without his knowledge
• \[D]ue process requires that [the father] be permitted to show that he was not afforded a reasonable opportunity to comply with the statute.\
• due process violated where parental rights are terminated under statute and father not permitted to show he was not afforded a reasonable opportunity to comply with statutory requirements
• due process violated where parental rights are terminated under statute and father not permitted to show he was not afforded a reasonable opportunity to comply with statutory requirements

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