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The state's highest court had imposed a stay on the adoptions
in May, while Utah appealed a federal ruling last year that
permitted same-sex marriages for 17 days before the Supreme
Court halted them pending appeal.
Earlier this month, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied appeals
of same-sex marriage bans and an appeals court reaffirmed its
order making same-sex marriage legal in the state, Utah Attorney
General Sean Reyes ordered county clerks to recognize all
legally performed same-sex marriages.
On the same day, Reyes petitioned the state Supreme Court to
remove its stay of the adoptions, saying the issue was now moot.
Missy Larsen, a spokeswoman for Reyes, said the high court's
action on Thursday came in response to that petition.
(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento, Calif.; Editing by
Peter Cooney)
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