2021 Utah Code
Title 78B - Judicial Code
Chapter 6 - Particular Proceedings
Part 1 - Utah Adoption Act
Section 122.5 - Effect of out-of-state paternity adjudication, declaration, or acknowledgment.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 78B-6-122.5 (2021)
78B-6-122.5. Effect of out-of-state paternity adjudication, declaration, or acknowledgment.
Unless a person who is an unmarried biological father has fully and strictly complied with the requirements of Sections 78B-6-120 through 78B-6-122, an out-of-state order that adjudicates paternity, or an out-of-state declaration or acknowledgment of paternity:
  • (1) only has the effect of establishing that the person is an unmarried biological father of the child to whom the order, declaration, or acknowledgment relates; and
  • (2) does not entitle the person to:
    • (a) notice of any judicial proceeding related to the adoption of the child;
    • (b) the right to consent, or refuse to consent, to the adoption of the child; or
    • (c) the right to custody of, control over, or visitation with the child.


Enacted by Chapter 237, 2010 General Session
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