Utah Supreme Court· 6/11/1990

Swayne v. L.D.S. Social Services

Citations

795 P.2d 637
136 Utah Adv. Rep. 18
1990 Utah LEXIS 48
1990 WL 81553

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holding that due process is not violated by requiring unmarried father to file acknowledgment of paternity before he is entitled to rights of notice and consent
holding that there was sufficient state action to trigger constitutional protections in a termination proceeding initiated by a private adoption agency
holding that due process is not violated by requiring unmarried father to file acknowledgment of paternity before he is entitled to rights of notice and consent
noting that the birth mother informed the father that \her parents wanted her to relinquish the child for adoption\ but not that she intended to place the child for adoption (emphasis added)
noting thai the birth mother informed the father that \her parents wanted her to relinquish the child for adoption\ but not that she intended to place the child for adoption (emphasis added)
\`[T]he state has a strong interest in speedily identifying those persons who will assume the parental role over [illegitimate] children....'\

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Judges: Hall, Howe, Zimmerman, Davidson, Stewart, Durham

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