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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Utah Legislature thinks step-parents should be able to apply for custody or visitation rights.
Senate Bill 186 would allow step-parents to go to court and make a case for their importance in their non-biological children's lives.
The measure follows a Utah Supreme Court decision last year to deny a woman visitation rights to her lesbian former partner's biological child. The court suggested in its decision that the Legislature should have final say on the process.
The House approved the bill, 57-13, and Gov. Jon Huntsman will now give it a final look.
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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune
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