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Utah Code Title 78B. Judicial Code § 78B-6-122.5. Effect of out-of-state paternity adjudication, declaration, or acknowledgment

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Unless a person who is an unmarried biological father has fully and strictly complied with the requirements of Sections 78B-6-120 through 78B-6-122, an out-of-state order that adjudicates paternity, or an out-of-state declaration or acknowledgment of paternity:

(1) only has the effect of establishing that the person is an unmarried biological father of the child to whom the order, declaration, or acknowledgment relates; and

(2) does not entitle the person to:

(a) notice of any judicial proceeding related to the adoption of the child;

(b) the right to consent, or refuse to consent, to the adoption of the child; or

(c) the right to custody of, control over, or visitation with the child.

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