MATTER OF ADOPTION OF C.C.

No. 20190627.

491 P.3d 859 (2021)

2021 UT 20

In the MATTER OF the ADOPTION OF C.C., a person under eighteen years of age. J.S.P., Appellant, v. C.D.C. and M.L.S., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Filed June 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin B. Grindstaff , Salt Lake City, for appellant.

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

Associate Chief Justice Lee authored the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Durrant, Justice Himonas, Justice Pearce, and Justice Petersen joined.


¶1 This is an appeal from the entry of a final order of adoption. The adoption was challenged in the district court by the child's putative father, J.S.P. J.S.P. sought to intervene on the ground that he was the presumed father of the child (C.C.) under Utah Code section 78B-15-204(1)(c), asserting...

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