63G-4-104 - Bases for certain recommendations and decisions limited. - Utah Statutes

63G-4-104. Bases for certain recommendations and decisions limited.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), no agency may recommend or rule on thecustody, placement, including foster placement, or other disposition alternative for a minor, orthe termination of parental rights, based on the fact that a parent or guardian of the minorlawfully does one or more of the following:
(a) legally possesses or uses a firearm or other weapon;
(b) espouses particular religious beliefs; or
(c) schools the minor or other minors outside the public education system or is otherwisesympathetic to schooling a minor outside the public education system.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a recommendation or ruling based on thecompatibility of a minor with a particular custody, placement, or other disposition alternative asdetermined by the presence of any of the factors in Subsections (1)(a) through (1)(c).

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session