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CARLTON v. BROWN

No. 20120268.

323 P.3d 571 (2014)

2014 UT 6

Christopher CARLTON, Appellant, v. Shalanda BROWN and the Adoption Center of Choice, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 25, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley D. Hutchins , West Jordan, for appellant.

Larry S. Jenkins , Lance D. Rich , Salt Lake City, for appellees.

Chief Justice DURRANT authored the opinion of the Court, in which Associate Chief Justice NEHRING, Justice PARRISH, Justice LEE, and Judge ROTH joined.

Chief Justice DURRANT, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 In this case, Christopher Carlton asks us to once again consider both the constitutionality of the Utah Adoption Act (Act) as well as the extent of the rights it affords to putative fathers who wish to contest adoptions in Utah. Mr. Carlton argues first that the Act is unconstitutional, both facially and as applied to him, and second, that the district court erred when, based on a lack of...

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