Knudson v. Utah State Department of Social Services

660 P.2d 258 (1983)

L. Craig KNUDSON aka Lewis Craig Knudson, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES and Goldie Knudson, Defendant and Respondent.

No. 18162.

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 15, 1983.

Thompson E. Fehr, Ogden, for plaintiff and appellant.

Robert D. Barclay, Ogden, for defendant and respondent.

OAKS, Justice:

When the Legislature adopted the Public Support of Children Act in 1975, it sought to augment public and private remedies against parents who neglected to support their minor children. See U.C.A., 1953, § 78-45b-1, et seq. The Act provided an administrative…