H.B. 42
         ADOPTION REVISIONS

house floor Amendments

Amendment 2 February 10, 2009 2:37 pm



Representative Lorie D. Fowlke proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 27 through Page 2, Line 30 :    

             27          
{   .    provides that a court may not refuse to allow or accept a mother's consent to

             28      adoption or relinquishment for adoption on the grounds that an unmarried biological father
             29      filed an action to establish parentage or complied with, or alleges compliance with, the
             30      requirements for an unmarried biological father to preserve the right to consent to an adoption;  
}


2.    Page 13, Line 395 through Page 14, Line 401 :    

             395          
{   (4) A court may not refuse to allow or accept a mother's consent to adoption or

             396      relinquishment for adoption on the grounds that an unmarried biological father:
             397          (a) filed an action to establish parentage of the child under Title 78B, Chapter 15, Utah
             398      Uniform Parentage Act, or any other proceeding to establish parentage in Utah or outside of
             399      Utah; or
             400          (b) complied with, or alleges compliance with, the requirements of Section 78B-6-121
             401      or 78B-6-122 .  
}


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