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UT Senate Bill 119

Legislation

State: Utah
Signed: March 26, 2025

Effective: May 07, 2025
Chapter: 426

Summary

Senate Bill 119 modifies requirements for consents and relinquishments for an adoption, which may be executed before a Notary Public.

Affects

Renumbers and amends Section 78B-6-124 of and adds Section 81-13-304 to the Utah Code Annotated.

Changes
  1. Requires a person described renumbered UCA 81-13-211(1) (formerly UCA 78B-6-119[1]) who is not the birth mother or the child adoptee and who signs a consent or relinquishment of a minor child to sign the consent or relinquishment before a Notary Public or any person authorized to take a consent or relinquishment under renumbered UCA 81-13-214(1) or (2) (formerly UCA 78-6-124[1] or [2]).
  2. Requires a person other than an adult adoptee who signs a consent to an adoption of an adult to sign the consent before a Notary or any person authorized to take the consent as described in UCA 81-13-304(2) or (3).
  3. Requires the signature of a person appointed by the court to take the consent to an adoption of an adult or of a person authorized or appointed to take a consent to an adoption of an adult by a Utah court that has jurisdiction over adoption proceedings to be notarized or witnessed by two individuals who are not members of the adult adoptee's immediate family.
Analysis

Senate Bill 119 is an over 400-page bill that recodifies and amends statutes related to domestic relations. It clarifies who must sign a consent or relinquishment for adoption, and provides that notarization is one of the ways the document may be executed. 

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