Brooks v. A.S.

Justice LEE,

opinion of the Court:

1 1 This case, like Nevares v. M.L.S., 2015 UT 34, 345 P.3d 719, presents questions concerning the applicability and constitutionality of Utah Code section 78B-6-111. That provision forbids a biological father from challenging an adoption when his child was conceived as a result of conduct that would constitute any sexual offense? described in the Utah Criminal Code. In this case and in Nevares, the statutory question presented is whether this provision can properly be construed to encompass sexual conduct in another state that would have been criminal if…