Carlton v. Brown

Chief Justice DURRANT,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

1 In this case, Christopher Carlton asks us to onee again consider both the constitutionality of the Utah Adoption Act (Act) as well as the extent of the rights it affords to putative fathers who wish to contest adoptions in Utah. Mr. Carlton argues first that the Act is unconstitutional, both facially and as applied to him, and second, that the district court erred when, based on a lack of standing, it dismissed his Amended Verified Petition to Establish Paternity, which included his constitutional challenges to the Act as well as…