78A-2-224. Bases for certain decisions limited.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), no court may rule on the custody, placement,
including foster placement, or other disposition alternative for a minor, or the termination of
parental rights, based on the fact that a parent or guardian of the minor lawfully does one or more
of the following:
(a) legally possesses or uses a firearm or other weapon;
(b) espouses particular religious beliefs; or
(c) schools the minor or other minors outside the public education system or is otherwise
sympathetic to schooling a minor outside the public education system.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a ruling based on the compatibility of a minor with a
particular custody, placement, or other disposition alternative as determined by the presence of
any of the factors in Subsections (1)(a) through (1)(c).
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
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