STATE IN INTEREST OF C.C.

No. 20120016.

301 P.3d 1000 (2013)

2013 UT 26

STATE of Utah, in the interest of C.C. and K.H., persons under eighteen years of age. S.C., Appellant, v. State of Utah, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 7, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald D. Wilkinson , Orem, Sara Pfrommer, Park City, for appellant.

John Swallow , Att'y Gen., John M. Peterson , Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, for appellee, State of Utah.

Charisma V. Buck , Lehi, for appellee, Adoptive Parents.

Martha M. Pierce , Salt Lake City for the Office of the Guardian ad Litem.


Chief Justice DURRANT, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 This case concerns competing petitions to adopt C.C., a five-year-old child. C.C. was removed from his home by the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS). After the juvenile court terminated his mother's parental rights, it faced two competing petitions to adopt him — one from his grandmother and the other from his foster parents. The court consolidated the competing petitions...

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