Utah
Sealed: unknown
Access Status: Sealed
- Court order for good cause
- Adoptions finalized on or after January 1, 2016, birthparent may consent in writing to release of identifying information to an adult adoptee 18 years of age or older
- State-operated Mutual-Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry
Through a special arrangement with the Adoptee Rights Law Center, Bastard Nation is linking our individual state pages to ARLC state access law links and summaries. In addition. our state pages include information specific to Bastard Nation actions and activities in each state and about current OBC access.
Read about current OBC access legislation with links to current and past years bills at our”Keep Informed” legislative pages (middle sidebar.)
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- 2020 Legislation: HB345 (access) HB97 (safe haven)
LINKS
2025
- Bastard Nation Action Alert: Utah HB129 CLeanOBC Bill, House Vote on February 4, 2025, February 3, 2025
- Utah HB129: Bastard Nation Lette rof Support, House Floor Vote on February 4, 2025, February 3, 2025
- UTAH: Bastard Nation Letter to Senate Health and Human Services Committee, HB 129 Support. HB129S-1 Oppose, February 11,2025
2020
- GOVERNOR SIGNS 125 BILLS. utah.gov. March 31, 2020
- Utah ‘safe haven’ expansion could allow newborns be given up 30 days after birth, Salt Lake Tribune, February 6, 2020
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House Health and Human Services Committee hearing, Fbruary 5, 2020 (audio)
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- Utah AnotherAdoption Fiasco: Judge holds father responsible for state’s gross neglect, Daily Bastardette, May 25, 2010
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- Welcome to 1962: Utah pregos gone wild, Daily Bastardette, January 9, 2007
Updated February 13, 2025
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