Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 78A-2-224 - Bases for certain decisions limited(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.(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).Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session .