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STATE IN INTEREST OF J.E.

No. 20210921-CA.

524 P.3d 1009 (2023)

2023 UT App 3

STATE of Utah, IN the INTEREST OF J.E., a Person Under Eighteen Years of Age. D.E., Appellant, v. State of Utah, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Filed January 20, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.E., Appellant Pro Se.

Sean D. Reyes , Carol L.C. Verdoia , and John M. Peterson , Salt Lake City, Attorneys for Appellee.

Martha Pierce , Salt Lake City, Guardian ad Litem.

Julie J. Nelson , Salt Lake City, Debra M. Nelson , Alexandra Mareschal , and Kirstin Norman , Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Utah Indigent Appellate Defense Division.

Judge Ryan M. Harris authored this Opinion, in which Judges Gregory K. Orme and Michele M. Christiansen Forster concurred.

Opinion

¶1 D.E. (Father) obtained—at least for a while—parental rights regarding J.E. (Child) when he and Child's mother (Mother) duly signed and filed a voluntary declaration of paternity (the VDP). Later, however, genetic testing revealed that Father is not Child's biological father. Based on those test...

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