MATTER OF ADOPTION OF M.L.T.

No. 860335-CA.

746 P.2d 1179 (1987)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF M.L.T., Jr., Minor Child.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

December 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Mickelson, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, State Atty. Gen., Diane Wilkins, Asst. Atty. Gen.

Before GARFF, JACKSON and ORME, JJ.


OPINION

GARFF, Judge:

This is an interlocutory appeal taken from an order denying appellant's motion to excuse an adopted child from appearing in court.

On March 14, 1986, the appellant, who was also the child's step-mother, filed a petition for adoption of the above-referenced child. The child had lived with the appellant and the father of the child for over nine years without knowledge that appellant was not the child's natural mother. On March...

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