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Section 224 - Bases for certain decisions limited.

UT Code § 78A-2-224 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), no court may rule on the custody, placement, including foster placement, or other disposition alternative for a minor, or the termination of parental rights, based on the fact that a parent or guardian of the minor lawfully 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 otherwise sympathetic to schooling a minor outside the public education system.

(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 otherwise sympathetic to schooling a minor outside the public education system.

(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a ruling based on the compatibility of a minor with a particular custody, placement, or other disposition alternative as determined by the presence of any of the factors in Subsections (1)(a) through (1)(c).

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