Taking Payshence: A Tragic Tale of a Father's Battle for His Daughter

Picture a little child that is dear to your heart. Now imagine what actions you would take if that child was suddenly seized from you and placed with a felon, his unrelated girlfriend, and seven other children by no fault of your own. Picture a small, shabby house on a busy road where your precious child would now reside. You know exactly where the house is, but if you attempt to see the child, you will be arrested. You cannot talk to her, give her birthday presents, nor can her siblings, her grandparents, or aunts and uncles. You have been removed from her existence and the next six years you will legally fight to get her back, and the felon will do all he can to blot you out of her memory while you spend tens of thousands of dollars on attorneys and he has one free attorney championing her own agenda. There is in place a law called the Utah Uniform Parentage Act. A law derived out of the federal Uniform Parentage Act, with one exception; Utah excludes the right of a biological father to seek paternity of his own child. This law is designed to