Is notice required for a biological parent in an adult adoption? – Stephen Howard

In an adult adoption, Utah law provides for modified notice and service requirements. In an adoption involving a minor child, notice must be given to any parent with intact parental rights. But if the subject of an adoption petition is an adult, biological parents are not normally entitled to notice of the pending adoption.

In a step-parent adoption of an adult (where the petitioner is married to an existing parent), the petitioner’s spouse (the existing parent) must be given notice. The consent of the existing parent (spouse of the petitioner) is also required. But neither notice nor consent is required of the other existing parent.

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