Utah Prefers Married Couples

Authors

Scott H. Clark, Ray, Quinney & Nebeker

First Page

215

Document Type

Article

Abstract

As early as March 2000, Utahns identified the apparent contradiction between Florida's prohibition of adoptions by homosexuals and its concurrent licensure of homosexuals as foster parents. Seeking to avoid the train wreck vividly exposed in the Lofton v. Secretary of the Department of Children & Family Services controversy, Utah lawmakers enacted a statute and corresponding regulations, which provide that legally married couples are preferred as prospective adoptive parents. Utah did not ban adoptions or foster parenting by single individuals, nor did it use sexual preference as a criterion for disqualification of prospective adoptive parents or prospective foster parents. In Utah, non-cohabiting heterosexuals and homosexuals may qualify as both prospective adoptive parents and prospective foster parents.

Recommended Citation

Scott H. Clark, Utah Prefers Married Couples, 18 St. Thomas L. Rev. 215 (2005).
Available at: https://scholarship.stu.edu/stlr/vol18/iss2/3