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2023 Utah Code
Title 80 - Utah Juvenile Code
Chapter 4 - Termination and Restoration of Parental Rights
Part 2 - Petition for Termination of Parental Rights
Section 204 - Notice of petition.
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UT Code § 80-4-204 (2023)
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Effective 9/1/2021
80-4-204. Notice of petition.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 261, 2021 General Session
80-4-204. Notice of petition.
- (1)
- (a) After a petition for termination of parental rights is filed, notice shall:
- (i) be provided to the parents, the guardian, the individual or agency having legal custody of the child, and any individual acting in loco parentis to the child; and
- (ii) indicate the:
- (A) nature of the petition;
- (B) time and place of the hearing;
- (C) right to counsel; and
- (D) right to the appointment of counsel for a party whom the juvenile court determines is indigent and at risk of losing the party's parental rights.
- (b) The notice described in Subsection (1)(a), or a separate notice subsequently issued, shall contain a statement to the effect that the rights of the parent or parents are proposed to be permanently terminated in the proceedings.
- (a) After a petition for termination of parental rights is filed, notice shall:
- (2) The juvenile court shall hold a hearing specifically on the question of termination of parental rights no sooner than 10 days after the day on which the notice described in Subsection (1) is served.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 261, 2021 General Session
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