Section 610 – Joinder of judicial proceedings — Court reliance of custody and parent-time standards.

• (1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (2), a judicial proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be joined with a proceeding for adoption, termination of parental rights, child custody or visitation, child support, divorce, annulment, legal separation or separate maintenance, probate or administration of an estate, or other appropriate proceeding.

• (2) A respondent may not join a proceeding described in Subsection (1) with a proceeding to adjudicate parentage brought under Title 78B, Chapter 14, Utah Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.

• (3) A court may rely on Title 30, Chapter 3, Divorce, in determining issues related to custody or parent-time.

Amended by Chapter 188, 2019 General Session