E.R.G. v. M.W.J.

DECISION

{1 Putative Father E.R.G.'s appeal arises from an adoption proceeding involving a child who had been adjudicated to be within juvenile court jurisdiction as an abused, neglected, or dependent child. See Utah Code Ann. § T8A-6-103(1)(c) (Supp.2011). R.D.R. was removed from his mother's custody by the Division of Child and Family Services shortly after birth and was placed in DCFS custody following an adjudication. R.D.R. was placed by DCFS in the home of M.W.J. and T.J.J. (Adoptive Parents) on June 7, 2010. On January 4, 2011, E.R.G. and R.D.R.'s mother caused R.D.R.'s birth…