What's the Difference between Adoption and Permanent Guardianship?
Juvenile courts sometimes place neglected children in a permanent guardianship--perhaps with grandparents or another relative. What's...
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- Aug 1
- 1 min
New, Shortened Residency Requirements for Adoption
The Utah legislature and governor recently passed a law providing new, shortened residency requirements for adoption. The new law is at...
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tim61214
- May 6
- 1 min
Competing Goals in Adoption Law
Utah adoption law has competing goals. An important part of our work at the Utah Adoption Law Center is gathering information and...
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tim61214
- Apr 25
- 2 min
Who Can Adopt a Child?
People regularly call and ask whether they can adopt a child. As with many legal matters, "it depends" because the devil is in the...
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tim61214
- Apr 1
- 1 min
A Minor Becoming a Parent
A minor becoming a parent? What rights do young men and women have when they are under the age of 18? What if two 17-year olds--who are...
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tim61214
- Mar 20
- 2 min
Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights
If a birth parent does not consent to adoption, what are the grounds for termination of parental rights? The most common grounds are...
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tim61214
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Background Checks for Adopting Parents
Background checks for adopting parents are an important part of most cases. The two background checks are (1) DCFS Child Abuse Central...
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tim61214
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Paternity - Unmarried Birth Father's Parental Rights
In many adoption cases we must account for an unmarried birth father's parental rights. Parents have a constitutional right to the care...
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tim61214
- Dec 5, 2023
- 2 min
I Want to Adopt my Stepchild (or can my spouse adopt my child)
Welcome to the Utah Adoption Law Center, where our legal team handles adoptions everywhere from Salt Lake County and Utah County down to...
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tim61214
- Nov 28, 2023
- 2 min
Adoption and Social Security (Getting a new SSN after adoption)
Welcome to the Utah Adoption Law Center, where our legal team handles adoptions everywhere from Salt Lake County and Utah County down to...
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tim61214
- Nov 21, 2023
- 2 min
Private Adoptions ("My wife met this lady at the gym ...")
Welcome to the Utah Adoption Law Center, where our legal team handles adoptions everywhere from Salt Lake County and Utah County down to...
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tim61214
- Nov 14, 2023
- 1 min
Reimbursement of $2,000 for Expenses of Adopting a Foster Child
You might have heard that you can be reimbursed up to $2,000 per child for the expenses of adopting a foster child in Utah. Under Utah...
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tim61214
- Nov 8, 2023
- 1 min
The Report of Adoption - What's That?
Adoptions mean a new parent needs to be shown on the adoptee's birth certificate. To get the birth certificate changed, Vital Records...
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tim61214
- Sep 29, 2023
- 2 min
Adopting a Child from Outside Utah - Avoiding the ICPC
If you are interested in adopting a child that lives or recently lived outside of Utah, this post is for you. The ICPC is the Interstate...
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tim61214
- Aug 16, 2023
- 1 min
Foster Child --> My Child in 7 Steps ("foster-to-adopt")
Step 1: The Court terminates the parental rights of the birth parents. No more reunification--adoption is the goal. Foster Parent...
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tim61214
- Aug 16, 2023
- 2 min
Adult Adoptions are Special
Adult adoptions are special. Little kids don't have a lot of say in whether or not they get adopted. But adult adoptions are done where...
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tim61214
- Jan 25, 2023
- 2 min
Contested Stepparent Adoptions (Terminating Parental Rights)
At UALC we handle contested stepparent adoptions. Here's a brief overview of how these cases often go: --The birth parent that has...
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tim61214
- Dec 28, 2022
- 2 min
Interstate Placements (Adopting a Child from Another State)
Interstate Placements or ICPC Adoptions
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tim61214
- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
Guardianship Adoptions and Birth Parents' Rights
In October 2022, the Utah Court of Appeals made an important ruling in a case (In re J.J.W.) where a Grandmother/Guardian wanted to adopt...
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tim61214
- Jul 11, 2022
- 1 min
Adoption Tax Credit
Good news for Guardianship adoption clients: The IRS has rules that may allow adopting parents--but not adopting stepparents--to receive...
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Utah Adoption Law Center
Northern / Central Utah: 385.200.1972
Southern Utah: 435.592.1235
Addresses - North to South:
11075 S State St Bldg 3, Suite 3-D, Sandy, UT 84070
865 S 500 W, Payson, UT 84651
51 E 400 N Ste 1, Cedar City UT 84720
312 N Mall Dr, Bldg R, St George UT 84790
Service Areas - North to South:
Davis County
Tooele County
Salt Lake County
Utah County
Juab County
Carbon County
Sevier County
Beaver County
Iron County
Washington County
Cities:
American Fork
Beaver
Bluffdale
Brigham City
Cedar City
Fillmore
Heber
Herriman
Hurricane
Lehi
Lindon
Logan
Manti
Milford
Moab
Murray
Nephi
Ogden
Orem
Park City
Payson
Pleasant Grove
Price
Provo
Richfield
Sandy
Santaquin
Saratoga Springs
South Jordan
Springville
Spanish Fork
St George
Taylorsville
Tooele
Washington
West Jordan
West Valley City
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