Jones v. Barlow

PARRISH, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

{1 Defendant Cheryl Barlow asks this court to overturn the district court's order granting Barlow's former domestic partner, Keri Jones, visitation of Barlow's daughter. Because Jones has no biological or legal relationship with the child, she has no statutory standing to seek visitation. The district court, however, granted standing under the common law doctrine of in loco parentis. We must now decide whether Utah courts have *810recognized, or should adopt, a common law doctrine granting standing for domestic partners of fit legal parents1 to seek visitation of…