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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 ofparental rights, based on the fact that a parent or guardian of the minor lawfully does one or moreof 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 otherwisesympathetic 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 aparticular custody, placement, or other disposition alternative as determined by the presence ofany of the factors in Subsections (1)(a) through (1)(c).

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session