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Utah Supreme Court· 4/12/1984

Sanchez v. L.D.S. Social Services

Citations

  • 680 P.2d 753
  • 1984 Utah LEXIS 800

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that there is no \constitutional requirement\ under the Due Process Clause that the state \give actual notice of the statutory requirements for establishing parental rights\
  • noting that the birth mother informed the father only that \she might give the baby up for adoption\ (emphasis added)
  • noting that the birth mother informed the father only that \she might give the baby up for adoption\ (emphasis added)
  • rejecting biological father’s challenge to adoption and finding “of no constitutional importance that [father] came close to complying with” Utah’s putative father registry
  • describing an unwed father’s attempt to register with Vital Records after the birth mother consented to the child’s adoption
  • rejecting biological father’s challenge to adoption and finding “of no constitutional importance that [father] came close to complying with” Utah’s putative father registry

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Judges: Stewart, Durham, Hall, Howe

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