Legal Opinion
Nevares v. M.L.S.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided February 6, 2015No. 20120763PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice LEE,
opinion of the Court:
{ 1 This is a paternity proceeding filed by the father of a child conceived in Colorado but born in Utah and placed for adoption here. The father, Bobby Nevares, had no idea his child might be placed for adoption in Utah,. And if an adoption had been initiated (as anticipated) in Colorado, Nevares's parental right to withhold consent to adoption would have remained intact. Yet the mother and the adoption agency claim that Utah law required Nevares to take affirmative steps to perfect his parental rights, see UTax CopE® § 78B-6-122, which Nevares failed to…
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