Utah Adoption Court Cases

Utah Court Case: Ellis v. Social Services
Plaintiff is 23 years of age and C B (hereinafter referred to as "the child's mother") is 18 years of age. Both are residents of California and were engaged to be married on July 16, 1979. Approximately two weeks prior to the wedding, the child's mother terminated the engagement. At this time, both parties were aware that she was pregnant with plaintiff's child...


Utah Court Case: In the Matter of S.
The petitioners have been married twenty-three years and are the parents of two adult daughters. At the time they executed the consent to adoption, the mother was forty-four and the father was fifty-seven years of age. They expressed to the court their age was the reason for the adoption. They also explained they had a family and didn't want any more children...


Utah Court Case: Adoption of Baby Boy Doe
On August 25, one or more weeks earlier than expected, S.H. gave birth to Baby Boy Doe in Utah. On that date appellant was on the road between California and Arizona. On August 27, S.H. went before a judge, relinquished her parental rights, and consented to the adoption of Baby Boy Doe. On the same day, respondents Burn n1 filed a petition to adopt the child and the court executed a temporary custody order which...


Utah Court Case: J.C.O. v. Anderson
The record reveals the following facts supporting the findings of the trial judge. Paul Anderson purportedly married Marjorie Olsen in September 1979 in a ceremony performed without benefit of a license by a "minister" of a polygamist church with which Paul and Marjorie were involved. At the time of the "marriage," Paul was legally married to Gilda Anderson, by whom he had a son and a daughter, and Marjorie was married to...


Utah Court Case: Adoption of W.A.T.
Petitioners Vaughn Fischer and Sharane Fischer are legally married and reside in Washington County with their four children. Also residing with them is Katrina Stubbs, whom Vaughn also "married" in accordance with petitioners' religious belief and practice of plural marriage. Two children have been born to Vaughn and Katrina. On June 17, 1987, Vaughn "married" a third "wife," Brenda Thornton. On June 30, 1987, petitioners filed the instant petition, seeking to adopt six children born to Brenda and Joseph Phil Thornton. n1 The Thorntons were members of the same...


Utah Court Case: Adoption of C.M.G.
The parties raise only issues of law and do not dispute the facts as found by the court. Accordingly, we draw the facts from the court's findings. Mother, an unmarried woman, gave birth to Child on August 27, 1989. On October 11, 1991, the Office of Recovery Services (ORS), based on information provided by Mother, filed a paternity action naming as defendants Father and Mother. The paternity action named Father as Child's...


Utah Court Case: Adoption of B.B.D.
In December 1995, K.D. and C.F., both residents of Washington State, began dating. Shortly thereafter, they began a sexual relationship, and in February 1996, K.D. learned that she was pregnant. She began regular visits with her physician and she and C.F. began discussing options regarding their unborn child's future. One option included placing the child for adoption with K.D.'s brother and sister-in-law...


Utah Court Case: In re K.B.E.
Appellants argue to the contrary, that the statute is clear, that the unwed father must file prior to the filing of the adoption petition, and that "placement" is completed upon filing of the petition as all necessary arrangements have been made. Consequently, they contend the father's filing was not timely filed, as a matter of law. Respondent argues the district court, at best, should have held an evidentiary hearing to determine...


Utah Court Case: Adoption of Infant Anonymous
Appellants, the prospective adoptive parents of Infant Anonymous, appeal from a December 1987 district court judgment entered by Judge Richard Moffat which (1) allowed the natural mother of Infant Anonymous to revoke her consent to adoption and (2) ordered the custody of the child returned to her. Because there is insufficient evidence of any permissible ground for revocation of her original consent to the adoption, we...


Utah Court Case: Adoption of J.J.
In May 1997, relatives of J.J. and S.J. filed a petition in district court to adopt them. T.J., the children's mother, signed a relinquishment of parental rights believing her children would be adopted by the relatives. The adoption proceedings in district court were ultimately dismissed for failure to prosecute, and the State took custody of the children. At about that same time, the State moved, in juvenile court, to terminate the parental rights...


Utah Court Case: In re J.R.T.
Appellant father appeals from a Second District Juvenile Court decree permanently depriving him of parental rights in and to his son. We affirm. J.R.T. was born in Colorado on May 19, 1981. When J.R.T. was several months old, his mother left him and his father, the appellant in the instant case. Approximately one year later, appellant and J.R.T. moved to Utah to live with appellant's brother and his wife...


Utah Court Case: In re T.E.
In February 1987, after a regularly scheduled visit with the mother, allegations were made that the children's stepfather had sexually abused T.E. Thereafter, in April 1987, DFS filed a petition to terminate parental rights to T.E. and B.E. of not only the mother, but also the appellant. A hearing on the petition was conducted on July 6, 1987. At the hearing, the following individuals testified: T.E.'s foster mother, B.E.'s foster mother...

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