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IN RE J. CHILDREN

No. 18189.

664 P.2d 1158 (1983)

In re J. CHILDREN.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Shelton, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Allen M. Swan, J. Douglas Mitchell, Salt Lake City, for respondent.

OAKS, Justice:

Appellant's parental rights were terminated for abandonment. U.C.A., 1953, § 78-3a-48(1)(b). On appeal, she challenges only the sufficiency of evidence for that decision.1

Abandonment can only result from inaction or a course of conduct for which the parent is personally responsible.2 The leading definition of abandonment for purposes of termination of parental rights is the following...

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