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Salt Lake County requests $200,000 to cover contested‑adoption indigent defense shortfall
Summary
Salt Lake County officials told the appropriations subcommittee a 2019 law requiring counties to provide counsel in contested adoptions has outpaced the reimbursements set aside at the time; county managers asked for a one‑time appropriation to cover an anticipated shortfall in the coming fiscal year.
Salt Lake County indigent‑defense managers told the Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee that a 2019 statutory change requiring county provision of counsel in contested adoptions has generated rising costs while the dedicated reimbursement fund has remained flat.
Neil Webster, indigent…
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