PHILLIPS BY & THROUGH UTAH, ETC. v. Jackson

615 P.2d 1228 (1980)

Deborah J. PHILLIPS and State of Utah, By and Through UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Plaintiffs and Respondents,

v.

Jeffrey Walker JACKSON, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 15618.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 22, 1980.

Jonathon H. King of Utah Legal Services, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Robert B. Hansen, Atty. Gen., R. Paul VanDam, Salt Lake County Atty., Gerald Conder, Deputy Salt Lake County Atty., Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs and respondents.

STEWART, Justice:

Plaintiffs initiated this lawsuit to establish defendant's paternity of a child born out of…