78B-6-108 - Alien child -- Evidence of lawful admission to United States required. - Utah Statutes

78B-6-108. Alien child -- Evidence of lawful admission to United States required.
(1) As used in this section, "alien child" means a child under 16 years of age who is notconsidered a citizen or national of the United States by the United States Immigration andNaturalization Service.
(2) Any person adopting an alien child shall file with the petition for adoption writtenevidence from the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service that the child wasinspected and:
(a) admitted into the United States for permanent residence;
(b) admitted into the United States temporarily in one of the lawful nonimmigrantcategories specified in 8 U.S.C. Section 1101(a)(15); or
(c) paroled into the United States pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Section 1182(d)(5).
(3) The 1992 amendments to this section are retroactive to September 1, 1984. Anyadoption decree entered after September 1, 1984, is considered valid if the requirements ofSubsection (2), as amended, were met.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session