Legal Opinion
Swayne v. L.D.S. Social Services
Utah Supreme Court
Decided June 11, 1990No. 880384PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*639ON CERTIORARI TO THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS
HALL, Chief Justice:
Plaintiff Steven Swayne challenges the constitutionality of Utah Code Ann. § 78-30-4(3) (1981), which terminates the parental rights of the father of an illegitimate child if the father fails to file a timely notice of paternity. Defendant L.D.S. Social Services seeks review of the Utah Court of Appeals decision holding that its acts constituted state, rather than private, action.
Plaintiff and a friend, Penny, began dating and engaging in sexual intercourse in 1985. In September 1986, Penny discovered she was pregnant. When…
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