STATE IN INTEREST OF TOM

No. 14273.

556 P.2d 213 (1976)

STATE of Utah in Interest of Everett Don TOM et al. Earl and Wallea BAKER, Petitioners, v. Delton and Sandra TOM, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Utah.

October 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Collard of O'Connell & Stansfield, Salt Lake City, for petitioners.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Paul M. Tinker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for the State.

Milton J. Harmon, County Atty., Nephi, for respondents.


CROCKETT, Justice:

The petitioners Baker appeal from decree of the Third District Juvenile Court (Juab County) awarding custody of three minor children, Everett Don, aged eight, Darla Janae, aged six, and Joel Reed, aged four, to their maternal uncle and aunt, Delton and Sandra Tom.

Petitioners, Earl and Wallea Baker, contend first that the juvenile court lacked jurisdiction; secondly, that because the respondents Tom were not parents of the children they...

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