QUINTON v. QUINTON

No. 18412.

680 P.2d 22 (1984)

In the Matter of Leslie G. QUINTON, a Minor v. Thelma QUINTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Henderson, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

John C. Backlund, Andrea Alcables, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


HOWE, Justice:

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for adoption filed by Thelma Quinton, appellant, seeking to adopt her stepson, Leslie G. Quinton, minor son of her late husband, Myron Quinton.

Myron Quinton and Kaye Quinton were divorced in 1972. She was granted custody of their unborn child, Leslie. In 1978 she pleaded guilty to attempted forcible sexual abuse of the child, a class A misdemeanor. Thereupon, Myron Quinton sought and obtained...

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