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>> ALEXANDRA FIELD HAS THE
STORY.
>> I HAD TO, I WILL ROB A BANK
FOR MY CHILD.
>> WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR
DAUGHTER?
>> NOTHING.
>> Reporter: THAT COULD CHANGE.
A UTAH SUPREME COURT RULING
MEANS CHRIS CARLTON CAN FIGHT
FOR CUSTODY OF HIS DAUGHTER,
ALMOST FOUR YEARS AFTER THE
INFANT WAS ADOPTED BY ANOTHER
FAMILY.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW HER NAME OR
WHERE SHE LIVES OR HER PARENTS.
>> NO.
AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
WAS PREVENTIBLE.
IF UTAH WOULD GET ITS ACT
TOGETHER AND FIX THESE LAWS,
THEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS CANNOT
HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: CARLTON, AN ARMY
VETERAN AND FORMER MILITARY
CONTRACTOR SAYS HIS
EX-GIRLFRIEND DISAPPEARED FROM
HIS HOMETOWN, WILLIAMSPORT,
PENNSYLVANIA WHEN SHE WAS
PREGNANT.
SHE LATER SAID SHE GAVE BIRTH TO
A SON WHO DIED.
COURT DOCUMENTS ADMITTED SHE
GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER, WHOM
SHE GAVE UP FOR ADOPTION IN
UTAH.
>> JUST LIKE PEOPLE WHO GO TO
NEVADA BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET
MARRIED QUICKLY OR SAME-SEX
COUPLES GO TO MASSACHUSETTS
BECAUSE THE LAWS FAVOR THEM.
WOMEN WHO GIVE UP THEIR CHILDREN
FOR ADOPTION, THEY GO TO UTAH.
>> Reporter: NOT KNOWING WHERE
HIS CHILD WAS, CARLTON MISSED
THE UTAH 20-DAY DEADLINE TO FILE
A PATERNITY CLAIM.
A LOWER COURT JUDGE FOUND HE HAD
NO STANDING TO CONTEST THE
BABY'S ADOPTION.
>> THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ARGUMENT
THAT CARLTON IS MAKING IS THAT
THE UTAH LAWS ARE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, MOST NOTABLY,
THE FRAUD IMMUNITY STATUTE.
>> Reporter: THE STATUTE SAYS
FRAUD REPRESENTATION IS NOT A
BASIS FOR AUTOMATIC GRANT OF
CUSTODY TO THE OFFENDED PARTY,
BUT THE STATUTE DOES ALLOW FOR
THE POSSIBILITY FOR CIVIL OR
CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
CARLTON IS 1 OF 12 FATHERS WHO
CLAIM THEIR RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED.
THEY JOINED THE UTAH ATTORNEY
GENERAL AND FORMER ATTORNEYS
GENERAL.
>> IT IS UP TO THE ADOPTIVE
PARENTS AND THE JUDGE TO FIX
THIS.
RIGHT WHAT IS WRONG.
>> Reporter: IN CARLTON'S CASE,
THIS WEEK'S SUPREME COURT RULING
MEANS THE FIGHT RETURNS TO
DISTRICT COURT.
CARLTON'S ATTORNEY WILL ARGUE
THE STATE'S ADOPTION LAWS ARE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND CARLTON
SHOULD HAVE CUSTODY OF THE
DAUGHTER HE DID NOT GIVE UP.
>> NO MATTER WHAT THE ADOPTIVE