In Re Adoption of T.B.

DURRANT, Associate Chief Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 This appeal from the district court’s denial of a putative father’s motion to set aside the adoption' of T.B., his biological daughter, was certified to this court by the court of appeals. We must determine whether the district court possessed jurisdiction to rule on the putative father’s motion and assess the as-applied constitutionality of the provisions of Utah’s adoption code that establish the circumstances under which an unwed natural father has the right to consent to an adoption.

¶ 2 We determine that the putative father’s challenge to…