D.D.A. v. State

AMENDED OPINION *

On Certification from the Utah Court of Appeals.

PARRISH, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

{1 This appeal requires us to determine whether the juvenile court erred by failing to grant Daniel Dean Austin ("Mr. Austin") an evidentiary hearing on his motion to determine his right to notice of and consent to the adoption of D.A., a minor child, under Utah Code section 78-80-4.14 (Supp.2007).1 Section 78-80-4.14 broadly addresses when consent to an adoption is necessary and specifically sets forth the requirements an unmarried biological father must satisfy before his consent to an adoption is…