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2011 Utah Code
Title 78B Judicial Code
Chapter 6 Particular Proceedings
Section 139 Name and status of adopted child.
78B-6-139. Name and status of adopted child.When a final decree of adoption is entered under Section 78B-6-137, a child may take the family name of the adoptive parent or parents. After that decree of adoption is entered, the adoptive parent or parents and the child shall sustain the legal relationship of parent and child, and have all the rights and be subject to all the duties of that relationship.
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