Nevares v. Adoptive Couple

On Certification from the Court of Appeals

Justice Pearce,

opinion of the Court:

¶1 The district court dismissed Bobby Ne-vares’s action seeking to establish his paternity in and custody of a child he believes to be his son (Child). Child’s prospective adoptive parents (Adoptive Couple) intervened and moved to dismiss, arguing that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction under .the Utah Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). See Utah Code § 78B-13-101 to -318. We agree that the district court does not have subject matter jurisdiction to resolve custody…