Utah Adoption Law
http://www.adoptionsolutions.com/general/state laws/ut_law.htm
Note that there is, basically, a 24 hour waiting period. After that, revokation is not provided for. That is likely whay they told you at three months that nothing could be done. At least, that is how I am reading this summary.
Utah Adoption Statute Summary
Utah Code Annotated Sections 78-30-1 to 78-30-9 and '78-30-16.3 (1997)
Who Can Adopt?
Any adult person can adopt. If the adoptive parent is married the spouse must consent to the adoption unless they are lawfully separated. The adoptive parent must be 10 years older than the adoptee.
Who Can Be Adopted?
Any person can be adopted.
Consent to Adoption
The following people must consent to the adoption:
1.
the parents if the adoptee was born in wedlock, unless the adoptee
is 18 years of age or older;
2.
the mother of the adoptee born out of wedlock;
3.
the biological father who has executed a voluntary declaration of paternity before the mother's execution of consent or her relinquishment to an agency for adoption;
4.
the biological father if he has been adjudicated by the court to be the biological father prior to the mother's execution of consent or her relinquishment to an agency for adoption;
5.
the child-placing agency to whom an adoptee has been relinquished; and
6.
the adoptee who is over 12 years of age, unless the adoptee does not have the mental capacity to consent.
Consent to adoption is not required of the following people:
1.
a parent whose parental rights have been terminated;
2.
a biological father of a child born out of wedlock who has not established a right to consent (see unmarried father's rights, below); and
3.
a parent who has given up the child to a child-placing agency.
A birth mother may not consent to the adoption until at least 24 hours after the birth of the child. Consent to adoption may not be revoked.
Unmarried Father's Rights
In 1995, the state enacted a comprehensive scheme regarding unmarried father's rights with respect to an adoption. The legislative intent is to encourage finality in adoption and place a burden on unmarried fathers to affirmatively take steps to demonstrate parenthood. Furthermore, except in limited circumstances, an unmarried father is presumed to know of the child's birth if he had sex with the mother. An unmarried father's consent, as noted above, is only required when:
1.
for a child placed with adoptive parents more than six months after
birth, the unmarried father has developed a substantial relationship with the child, taken some measure of responsibility for the child and his future, and demonstrated a full commitment of the responsibilities of parenthood.
2.
for a child placed when under six months of age, the unmarried father manifested parenthood, prior to the mother's relinquishment or consent to adoption, including: initiating a paternity proceeding, filing notice of said proceeding with the registrar of vital statistics in a confidential registry established for this purpose, and if he had actual knowledge of pregnancy, paid for a fair and reasonable amount of expenses.
Confidentiality
All adoption records shall be sealed and can not be opened for inspection, except upon a court order. After the adoption is final a report shall be compiled and given to the adoptive parents that includes a detailed health, genetic, and social history of the adoptee. This report should include information about the adoptee's biological family, but not any identifying information.
A mutual consent voluntary adoption registry shall be established. The registry can only release identifying information when it has received permission to release such information from both the adult adoptee (21 years of age or older) and the biological parent, and any adult sibling of adult adoptee requesting such information.
Permissible Fees
Prior to the final adoption hearing a statement of all fees and expenses shall be filed with the court.
This does not apply if the adoptive parent is the legal spouse of the birth parent.
Place of Adoption Hearing
The adoption hearing may take place in the county where the adoptive parents live.
Authority To Place Child
Any agency licensed to place children. Where a licensed agency has not placed the child, additional elements are required in the pre- and post-adoption studies.
Relative Adoption
In the case of stepparent adoptions, the child must have first lived with the stepparent for 1 year instead of the required 6 months for other adoptions. No itemization of fees paid need be submitted by stepparents wishing to adopt. In addition, the preplacement adoptive study may be waived in stepparent and relative adoptions.
Re-printed with permission from the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.
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