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Show POOR COPY NOVEMBER WEDNESDAY, 18, 1970 the mother of an illegitimato child ni ntc. tsf.ary lor ai anpi Adoption proceedings ire. starutorv m (uuit.'i 'in. . in the inatant cast ia similar to cm out advanced in li h. ;u. die court responded: 1 Financing Statements Hry SLC Growers, 100 Calif St, Send frandseo, Calif to Berkeley Bk for Coop; limn, Asets, Collateral Trl-Vill- ey Strickland, 480 to Small Bus Adm; Pp, Homer L t? 3ott A to 1263 Lafayette Dr., ears hh gds J Ltttlewood, 1894 S 2nd Ito; car hh gds Dor.ald to 9th S, slo Jr, Cr Un; VnD Dean L Fetters son, J61 St, .p Cr Ifti; car hh gds Sieter. Linden, fi26 S. 7th S, sic t.o iloria sic to Taylor, 2162 PsHown to Assoc Fin; car hhsds Collett , David Assoc 2780 W Fin; car hh gds ve, sic do, sic Yes to Auerbach sic 6370 linnell, inks' s R 2100 S, W rec sic to T to SLC U sic to F Garbett, 1201 SLC Smp Cr th; car Tel Dee Doris A Tel S L State, Draper to Camoer S W Doi'.ill, 230 Hampton Ave, sic to Hmp Un; hh gds State oi Utah, in the Interest of Baby Girl McMurtrey, 1970 N. Thomas, Appellant, LUSTER, Justice: lhia is ilist me i:is am time a ion a in bectior- 76;30-122. i 2 Utah 2disT,Vf-- UC . A . L P. ! m In an order, dated April 3, 1969, the Juvenile Court deter .Ii Mr. Thomas had no legal rights to the child because he was not tinfather, although he was the putative father; and, therefore, the cu.itt dir, missed hie petition for custody. The court made findings of fan and 1. In this order, the court recited that Mr. Thomas had previous!;.' l. n. prived of the custody of two children by the Juvenile Court in Sep'i wm-- i 1965; since that time the children had lived in foster homes and . m had been required to force support payments; that he had been m vide for these children after 3 12 years of foster care; and that i' contrary to the best interest of Baby M to follow the same foster .. i There were no specific findings made in regard to the above fact. . facts adduced at the hearing were that the mother and father wen 19i3 and that their two sons lived in a foster home. In Kronk v. 2d 245, 251, 322 P. 2d 397 (1958), this court found that an order ui ih itu Court, concerning a father's unfitness to have custody of his children, evirit-ru- i not on had the based been where and unwarranted, findings proper adduced at its hearing but were supported only by findings of the District Court :n 'ci in a divorce action. It is a denial by due process of law for a of rendering judgment, to consider evidence, which was not Srocess the hearing, ana which the party, therefore, had no opportunity to e, know, explain, or rebut. State v. Lance, 23 Utah 2d 4i)i, 414, 464 P. 2d 395 (1970). I ; V rt ir cfM"l la i.tr t.'i J.'.i I ' ' t l s xj '.i. Iltdsn)l AiUp'; I. . - cross-examin- 1 . ik an-jv-d- 1 . . . 1 1 ! ' . 1 i. Ini: ia i dgi d Lift paternity, - u- -i - ii ffij. t, .' i'1.!' , ! i in hia iiikgimi.a't filial right ' 'iot1 that it is bx.vond the juris tal rights for an other reason inat. tlosr. en (a), (b), (c), li.C.A. 1 f.i. t i i I tor-i- i on it ; i. . ! ' t.g.-.- n. 1.1 M 1 . . r in Sn.'i k i : i. 10-1- him and i. paten . il), In essence, the decree o. he Juvenile Court lei.:i: m 1 .'i.r parental -i n'! thai h rad no rights, m ; .l:s tif iihcd ngi.ts :t Mr. Thomas or. the got a hearing to d- uinnne whether he ab a ill an.i proper with till; M. person to haw. custoly oi - t !.i Id that the iaiher of ; i The State vigorously vorti-tidon Thomas v. Children's has no right to its custody. Jt places great reliance Aid Society, 1 wherein this court held that under the speciiU statmory proU.C.A. 1953, only ihe consent of visions. thi n In effect. Section 1 - i I 'I : i Hi i ' ihi fH'puli, i j i pi'-ip- . n e i I 1 - Ihe mull e v.plo un lin liifl'nrn al d in In il li'vi-lopi- M.i i k iw t lolJows: Dii'ini ilmsi a ii i iiiiim wlu-- i v.'.-i- ...! . (i:.ii.; ,. Ins ill'gi i n.iU i Inl'l .un) 1; child was a ward ol the parish, it would never havu occurred to anyone that a woman could enjoy custody rights, as then, it common law, the lalher liad absolute right to the custody ol his legitimate children. lather on Id have xml unloxly ol i X As Liu ia. di; lull'd and tin mm her obtained cus lody iigliib, l in: coiji is ux chancery a Mimed jiii until lion to sellib custody disputes between parimls, cilalxon vnniltid. With respect to illegitimate children, th doc I line ol liiius populi was modilied to recognize first in the mother, and later in the lather, rights of custody. However, "riglds" in i.hiidicM lire ii l.itive, nol abSnl'Jlc. . . ... ... At aboui the aaian: llinx llial ihe Miullu'i i.aim enjoy joint custody with the lather oi leguuuau: cluluu u. i was cominonplai.i! to iLale Dial tin primary iig m m.u l I" oi illi.gitiniali ilui 'n.n bcbiigs to the. i n uc i an i thi .ill is iiiv' i.u; including pio right good again.it inxive r . Iy , ihe i.iliu r has cuslody right gm'i .iiam ail 1. y i.l f. Illiol a (lollh; Klglu III liiii'lifi '.I hill lit- in:)li I. ' I i i f A i i "I It . inr.iii hi M, 'iH . .. . 21 A . In hi, . . hi r In inii.idv oi i legil mia Mf:. live I 1 1 1 - I j. Il, I I I ! 1 - I 1 ! ...'i ' v t:i Tin i .mitt ol varinu'i iiri semi ions have exid.iinI' i i at h.f r: n r i ! idfi. va r iel y " g glii o oslody mi i : .' .If. i ihiI' M..I :' ii r 'l n! ci fill l.ll": l.lp III Ikinu'iun-pi'i'vint iuhit'ilati and '.lia. tin sweji ol lhis In lm f.lmihl II ,I a' ii.i.mioi. lie umri lin hei hi. tile reason lor its iliventnu.. a in hm , '8 ti) g, .M.ctiori 2S0 ol the ' ivil .mil ot sliloi m.i i - 1 . ! V I - - I ..! i i I i ! . 1 - 1 J.i .A. IT'3. (l')',;)), in lhein.nl tjanger, 11 rwiti i . ala i'll; D.i "... t N..d'-t- I Wiicre a in.m IT j.. lli.u id ! Mmllu't, legit imiii lulh'-r, ,i nrl in. 1 hi- - ii'crri I i I fl l. hv I 1 ithiUK vi wil ii'mll Ii lh- 'I, n . in- ...I J.-- : i : ' 1 1 M. , hum , r ; 'l".. .! - ' " . 'il I wil i. l.i . i i k now lediu: Iiih i l.ild iimI'.i i'!ii.l.'iuliiig tinhm I: eh old into Vl'ti.'i Ihe h: h in liken, fl . U a 'ii".;a rl I in ,;ei i un . n i.a ihe ' hi on ; iiiiiii.'i r r - 1 I , !. - d u l.-- I idi-n- i i,u di'u mai' .i i l ; il I lie man s! m.i . .U 1 i 1 1 ,.M u i r ti 'lihliii . I f ?l,.i . 1 1 I nflipi l.ild a ml liipe r inH ri r ip v hi r h hr- i pi m el.i-i- l die i iil he r .. 1. w Iii.h ewn. U Am. h' i . iV, i'..i! '.i' I, p. IF-1.54 M. W. .'d, at 33 of 10. Sr e leite ;j. supri, II. 98 N.J. Super. 474, fit A. 2d 652, 655, 63? u58 (I'JhV). .' . Ir3: Every jlley ii malr- t hild is an heir m 12. See Sec. 74-4- IA, the jrrrsou who acknoic h Igea lurnseK to he Ihe lal:ier ol such i liild, inul m !' cases is an heir ol his molLi-- , and inherits Ins or In r i .slate, in whole or m part, ss the case niay be, in tin m.i. no manner as il lie had been horn in lawlul wed)6c. . . 1 1 i.l - V ... im;! '. up. - - i'-- I 1 . l .iiiuii uubodv, o( X : co-irt- , litir u an the roir'noii law llu-orchild had no 'I 'hr inde nol in and known father hjw. ivi.i.i i:nll'i-i- . was Uiegiliinai y was ionsidared disgr.ii t;lul, am' .i 1 i il lydilf.nl ulnl a in i liy, dlsquaJil ii'd ui" i la lit oil ll H. i mvi-nlwe llii n nI i ii li l. and .i li.ii.tard inigli linin, - I . i i. x' ill iJndi . i . 01 . , '1.. : child r M ... . i- 1 lhis matter came on for hearing on February 6, 1969; James N. Thomas appeared in court, acknowledged his paternity, and requested custody of the child, if the mother were deprived of her parental riil.'s. Mr. Thomas testified that he and the child's mother had been married n. 3d and divorced in 1963, that they had intended to be remarried, but tinr. had been so upset by the loss of the child that the impending iiirr.tgr had been postponed. The evidence indicated that during the mother1!, preg nancy, the two had resided together. Subsequent to this hearing b i! pri ir m the court's determination of the matter, Mr. Thomas filed a petiti.ii! lor i.'M tody of the child. He, again, acknowledged his paternity and allegi rt bis luvi and affection and ability to support her. Or pjii. .ii , j. 1. 1 A ! i.d - .u 78-30- -4 I was born on December 20, 1968. Three days later she was removed from the nursery of the Holy Cross Hospital upon a warrant to ta e her into custody on the ground that "she had been or was being ill treated id was dependent and neglected in a manner likely to cause her unnecessary and to be injurious to her health and moral welfare." The accomp.:' petition alleged that James N. Thomas was the putative father of Baity Girl M; that the mother and father were not now married; that the mother the past had expressed a desire to relinquish all parental rights to the ch that the mother in the past and at present exhibited severe and disabling emotional and psychological problema; that as a result of the severe emo tional problems, the mother was unable to care for and to nurture the chtic properly; and, therefore, it was in the best interest of the child that the mother and putative father be deprived of the child's custody and that tin child be placed in the immediate care and custody of the State Departme Public Welfare. i i.i The fat tual jja- i953. 1026 (1 961). 2d" .n ... i ms was at.rei-rie.in 1966; it is uruecessar, t . Sec. statute in resolving the legal issue in the instant cane. 4. In Re Adoption of Jameson, 20 Utah 2d 53, 34, 43T. I3.'. 7 5. 8 Mien. App. 122, i54N.W.2d27, (1967). 11 P . K , . t 6. Also sea State i;i Innst ci , 7 b't.n 2d 3 ;.o 395 (1958), v herein this couit emphasized that a pt be ceiling mi.-rtJuvenile Court to termirate parental rights is rot or.o for a'1 p'o.i . n:n-ithe interest of the child. 7. "Ihe father of an illegitimate child, by publicly acknowledging it as nil lei'O own, receiving it as such with the consent of his wile, if 1l; all isiel his family, and otherwise treating it as if it were a legitim c child, thereby arinnt ir 41 such, and such child is thereupon dcen.td fox a I ; legit- ..... instant case indicates that tint tor tne aciS oi an aiun nu . l.n moved Hull M it Ibr-age limn t : t .ial where tiniy u( M ivl MiiUci .11 li ii motlii1' Wfi Oil. i 'I 1. 1' Ml nil'ltl, hall' .1.1 M O . i i n n i to 'muu. cnrdiri, 3. Baby M f. heiii .uiiti .1,1 1 - '' Co.:rt issue of whether the father oi a IL'i.g.i'iriau l.ild, wro acknowledged it, has a leg. t igiA to the c re , crs'od,, child, assuming that he is a tit and proper p rsox. Uriu i ii.i-dearth of cases involving (his issue is probably attributable 4 James N. Thomas, alone, appeals from a decree of the Juvenile Court terminating hia and the natural mother's parental rights in Baby Girl M. tit'oi'i rigl.tii. in '. FILED L. M. Cummings, Clerk p . 36-3- No, 11607 November CA . tii l,,', 1. In The Supreme Court Of The State Of Utah James ... The appellants assume that, since the muihi i!. j sent alone is required to a ithoriit- adoption of an il. gn mate child, by her alone a dispute concerning the .. jaio., of her child ia finally reeolvtd. We ..itmio! agrei sic to 3650 Judy Saarle, 4, sle to S L Tel fap Cr Un; ear hh gds sic Throckmorton, 7B22 S 10th to SLC Pmp Cr On; car Piano C S cars Cr Un; PmD 2264 hh gds 4 m ii - Theron Smith, 13413 Strir.rham Ave, .rein adoption program. Christensen, 1416 W 3300 S, sic Ewe Cr Un; car hh gds boat mtr W Wendell Chipman, 2339 S 4th H, SLC Pro Cr Un; car hh gds Husky Station, Tne; Accts uil iv. , . sic car hh gds Fnp Cr Un; trlr Smo SL James S Bryce Dr, Sandy Cr Un; hh gds car Fmp SLC TLdan Fed Cr 'Jr. ; hh gds .'ichael Huber, 8090 L u ,i v.i , .uoi c . . . li. recognition o! the tact that norniall, hi':. t.Vkt. .. ro: sc custody and ihui legitimate ihildrtn . , for a putative falht.i to oo to, he udop'it,.: const 1 1 to adoption by bc'ii paiura 01 a ; j'. 11 . is not ie.,; only that of the mother whe.e tin La .. u a a cl.iS6iiii.etii: icatai Ihe legislative i ia reasonable, and essential luvuiMn expei ience, Frig Steven Kiamor.d, 672 Colorado St, to Kirkwood, 1253 Redwood Dr, Larry to Assoc Fin; car hh gds I- - Gerald to SLC 9th S., sic to C Antonio Cr Un; SLC Smp i .1 statute does Pete J Comas, 507 Spacerama Dr, sic to ear hh mis S This lawsuit is a child custody dispute. The not purport to establish standards lot such disputes concerning legitimate or illegitunt.it. or to vest in the probate court power to do so. sic H, SLC Trap Cr SLC Assoc Pin; PAGE THREE THE DAILY RECORD '- , 1 1 1 - . . -i. ",r. - i the putative father was under no duty to support his illegitimate child. In and the New jersey legislature 1929, N.J.S.A. 9:162, 3, ?, a the croader had rev ognited that duty 'o suppoi; nis iicgtliinste uther :;i to expense. child which was noi merely limited aaviri; l.e 'i. .; war-enacte- The court stated: s 78-30-- 4, Ihe enactment of this legislation jN. J . 1. A, y i 2. 3, 4 repealed the doctrine ot nullms liliun as tar as rr la'i.uihlup concerned and recognised the parent-chil, d I P 1 I |
