MATTER OF ADOPTION OF D.K.A.T.

No. 20231102-CA.

559 P.3d 455 (2024)

2024 UT App 145

In the MATTER OF the ADOPTION OF D.K.A.T., a person under eighteen years of age. D.C.T., Appellant, v. E.K.S. and A.R.S., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Filed October 10, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve S. Christensen, Salt Lake City, and Wesley D. Hutchins, Attorneys for Appellant.

Larry S. Jenkins and Lance D. Rich, Salt Lake City, Attorneys for Appellees.

Judge Gregory K. Orme authored this Opinion, in which Judges Ryan M. Harris and Amy J. Oliver concurred.


Opinion

¶1 D.K.A.T. (Child) was born in Minnesota, where she lived for over two and a half years until her biological mother (Birth Mother) relinquished her to a Utah adoption agency (the Agency). Birth Mother misrepresented to the Agency that Child's biological father was unknown. The Agency placed Child with E.K.S....

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