NORDGREN v. MITCHELL

No. 81-2283.

716 F.2d 1335 (1983)

Steven NORDGREN, Ron Lyle, Ronnie Lee Gardner and Richard Ivan Lloyd, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Anthony W. MITCHELL, Executive Director, Department of Social Services of the State of Utah, John P. Abbott, Director of Recovery Services Division of the Department of Social Services of the State of Utah, and the State of Utah, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian M. Barnard, Salt Lake City, Utah (John W. Porter, Salt Lake City, Utah, with him on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Carlie Christensen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, Utah (David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., State of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, with her on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, LOGAN, Circuit Judge, and BRATTON, District Judge.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

The appellants are defendants in paternity actions filed in the Utah state courts. Utah's method of resolving paternity disputes is similar to the Connecticut system described in Little v. Streater, 452 U.S. 1, 101 S.Ct. 2202, 68 L.Ed.2d 627 (1981). When Utah's department of social services pays child support benefits, it becomes the "trustee" of the mother's or...

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