Legal Opinion

T.B. v. State

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided October 3, 2002No. 20001022-CAPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ORME, Judge:

¶ 1 T.B. appeals from a juvenile court order terminating his parental rights to his daughter, D.B. He claims incarceration, alone, does not render him unfit as a parent. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 The relevant facts are not in dispute. The father has been incarcerated for most of his daughter, D.B.’s, life. In 1991, a few months before his daughter’s birth, the father was returned to prison for violating the terms of his parole from prison on a prior conviction for attempted robbery and aggravated assault. Then, beginning in 1995, the father served eighteen months in prison…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. T.L.W. v. Office of the Guardian Ad LitemCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1999
  2. Platts v. Parents Helping ParentsUtah Supreme Court · 1997
  3. State ex rel. E.H. v. A.H.Court of Appeals of Utah · 1994
  4. State in Interest of MLCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1998
  5. N.T. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1996

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. S.M. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2006
  2. State Ex Rel. AcmUtah Supreme Court · 2009
  3. State Ex Rel. DbCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2002
  4. State in the Interest of M.H.Court of Appeals of Utah · 2011
  5. State, Ex Rel. G.O.-A.Court of Appeals of Utah · 2011

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