D-P v. Social Service & Child Welfare Department of the Relief Society General Board Ass'n of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

HENRIOD, Justice.

I take it that most everyone will agree that there is a strong presumption that a baby is better off with its natural mother;1 that such presumption must be overcome only by clear and convincing evidence 2 that even though a written consent is given by her, it is revocable under certain circumstances; 3 that a pregnancy experienced by a single woman generally is fraught with emotional upset, fear of social consequences, economic problems and unusual reactions that make a woman under-such circumstances subject to unusual pressures.4

This never-married girl of 34, employed' and…