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Appeals court weighs whether juvenile paternity finding is final and which statute of limitations applies
Summary
In RP, the Court of Appeals heard competing arguments about whether a January juvenile-court order that adjudicated a man as a child's father is an immediately appealable final order and whether a four‑year statute of limitations applies to certain paternity petitions. The court took the matter under advisement.
The Utah Court of Appeals heard argument in RP over whether a juvenile-court order that adjudicated a man as a child's biological father is a final, appealable ruling and which limitations period applies to related paternity petitions.
"This is a statute of limitations case," Emily Adams, counsel for the appellant mother, told the panel. Adams said the record raises two questions: whether the mother's appeal was timely and which statute of limitations applies to a biological father's paternity petition. She argued the January 2023 order that adjudicated the father and allowed intervention was part of the juvenile adjudication process and not a standalone final order that should…
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