78B-15-104 - Adjudication -- Jurisdiction.
78B-15-104. Adjudication -- Jurisdiction.
(1) The district court, the juvenile court, and the Office of Recovery Services inaccordance with Section 62A-11-304.2 and Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act,are authorized to adjudicate parentage under Parts 1 through 6, and Part 9 of this chapter.
(2) The district court and the juvenile court have jurisdiction over proceedings underParts 7 and 8.
(3) The court shall, without adjudicating paternity, dismiss a petition that is filed underthis chapter by an unmarried biological father if he is not entitled to consent to the adoption ofthe child under Sections 78B-6-121 and 78B-6-122.
Amended by Chapter 237, 2010 General Session