Wells v. Children's Aid Soc. of Utah

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• holding that acknowledgement of paternity requirement was \not 'arbitrary'\ and was \therefore constitutional under the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution\
• dictating that unwed biological father must “file a timely notice of his claim to paternity” to protect “his parental rights in [his] newborn infant”
• dictating that unwed biological father must \file a timely notice of his claim to paternity\ to protect \his parental rights in [his] newborn infant\
• noting that a contrary conclusion would \frustrate the statute's purpose to facilitate secure adoptions by early clarification of sta-tug\
• noting that ―[m]ost due process cases concern proce- dural requirements, notably notice and opportunity to be heard‖
• noting that ―[m]ost due process cases concern proce- dural requirements, notably notice and opportunity to be heard‖

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