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Senate substitutes and advances bill allowing limited restoration of terminated parental rights
Summary
The Utah Senate substituted and advanced a fourth substitute of House Bill 156 to create a limited process for restoring terminated parental rights for a small group of children in state custody, adding court-driven safeguards and imposing fiscal and procedural conditions.
The Utah Senate on the afternoon floor advanced a substituted version of House Bill 156 that creates a narrow mechanism allowing certain parents whose parental rights were previously terminated to seek restoration in limited circumstances.
Senator Wyler, who moved the substitution, framed the measure as targeted at a “very, very small group” of parents and children and said the substitute aligns with court concerns by requiring a petition initiated through the guardian ad litem or the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) in most cases. Wyler noted the bill sets the waiting period for…
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