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WELLS v. CHILDREN'S AID SOC. OF UTAH

No. 18537.

681 P.2d 199 (1984)

Gladys Fay WELLS, Guardian ad litem for Dennis Edgar Wells, Jr., a minor over the age of 14 years, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY OF UTAH, Successor in Custody of K.B., Mother of Infant B., and K.B., Defendants and Appellants, v. John DOE and Mary Doe and Robert D. Maack, Esq., Guardian ad litem for Infant B., Intervenors and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane A. Marquardt, Salt Lake City, for K.B. & Children's Aid.

Tim W. Healy, Ogden, for John & Mary Doe.

Robert D. Maack, pro se.

Paul Gotay, Midvale, for plaintiffs and respondents.

OAKS, Justice:

This appeal involves the constitutionality of U.C.A., 1953, § 78-30-4(3), which terminates the parental rights of the father of an illegitimate child if he fails to give the required timely notice of his claim of paternity. The district court concluded that the notice requirement could not constitutionally be applied to this father because he was denied a reasonable opportunity to comply. We reverse.

K.B., a 16-year-old unmarried girl residing...

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