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Divorce and Family Law by Eric K. Johnson, Attorney At Law
Eric K. Johnson, Attorney
Utah Family Law, LC
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Your Divorce Attorney in Salt Lake City, Utah

Welcome to DivorceUtah.com. We’re the straight-shooting divorce and family law attorneys of Utah Family Law, LC, and we’re very good at what we do. If you need legal advice from a Salt Lake City, Utah divorce attorney, come to us. We handle divorce cases statewide.

The lawyers in our firm don’t shy away from high conflict divorce and child custody cases. We love it if a case settles fairly (and we work hard to get settlements—that’s why we’re known as the “aggressively reasonable” firm). However, if your spouse or ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend isn’t interested in cooperation or fairness, get the help you need to protect your good name, your relationship with your children, your property, and your rights.

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Divorce Stinks

Just how costly and depressing your divorce is depends substantially on how skilled and efficient your lawyer is. You surely will not believe, understand, nor like how divorce works in our state. When shopping for a Salt Lake City, Utah divorce attorney, you owe it to yourself to find the best you can—or at least one who is better than your spouse’s lawyer :) .

Principal Attorney Eric K. Johnson

Our principal attorney, Eric K. Johnson, wrote the book on Utah Family Law–literally. We don’t tell you this to impress you, but to reassure you, (and isn’t that what you crave right now?). Click here to give us a call, or click here to schedule an appointment. Eric has been in practice since 1996.

Most importantly, all our firm does is divorce and family law work because we like doing it. We’re in the business of providing family law services that are so good our clients happily pay for them. We do that (and differ noticeably from most other law firms) by doing the job that true professionals are not merely obligated, but desire, to do. That means:

  • Every member of the firm, from the attorneys to the support staff, will do for our client what we would want done for us when we are in our client’s shoes.
  • We are aggressively reasonable. That means:
  • We’re not afraid to fight for things worth fighting for! Like fairness. We do not back down, out of fear, laziness, or apathy, from a fight you can and should win, so long as you accept the risks and pay the price.
  • Neither will we encourage our clients to engage in battles they cannot or should not win just to line our own pockets. If we can see a fair way to settle your case fast and inexpensively, we’ll tell you, immediately. Then we’ll do all we can to get that settlement now.
  • We only keep the money we earn.
  • We give you our honest opinions, even when we and/or our clients may not welcome them. You may not always like our opinions or advice, but you can always trust them.

Understanding Divorce and Family Law in Utah

Take a look around our website and get acquainted with our expertise and style. DivorceUtah.com is a great resource whether you’re starting or in the middle of a divorce or other family law dispute.

We’re not just Salt Lake City divorce attorneys, we have represented and continue to represent families statewide, from Logan to St. George, and from Tooele to Castle Dale.

No matter where you live, our focus is Utah’s divorce and family laws. Nothing else. We have the answers to your questions.

  • To understand Utah child custody laws, Click here.
  • To understand divorce mediation and other ways to save time and money, Click here.
  • To understand Utah child support laws, Click here.
  • To understand Utah parent-time and visitation laws, Click here.
  • To search our site to answer any other question, Click here.
  • To understand Utah alimony law, Click here.
  • OR you can click here for a fee phone consultation or click here to schedule a visit at our office, if you like.

Free legal information is great (and ours that we provide in this website is superb), but information is only as good as what you do with it. Frankly, not everybody needs a lawyer to get or fix a divorce. If you want a do-it-yourself divorce, our court system provides some pretty good resources. You can click here to visit the Utah Courts’ do-it-yourself website.

Could you benefit from an attorney representing you? If so, this website is our audition to be your legal counsel. No matter what your divorce problem is, we know what it takes to help you.

Had enough? Tired of feeling confused, used, mad, sad, unprepared, and powerless? Click here to give us a call or click here to schedule an appointment. To thank you for visiting DivorceUtah.com, we would like to send you our free video series, including “Everything Important about Utah Divorce in 9½ Minutes,” absolutely free. Just click here, and we will send these videos to you at no cost whatsoever.

Emergency Contact Information

Served with Divorce papers? Take these steps immediately:

YOU CAN CLICK HERE TO SCHEDULE AN EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT IF YOU’VE BEEN SERVED!

IMPORTANT: If you have just been served divorce papers, you have a very limited time to complete several essential steps. You have to have a response filed within 20 days; otherwise your spouse can obtain a default judgment against you. You also might even have a hearing in court, before your response is even due, that can affect whether you get to see your children, you get ejected from your house, or you have to pay money to your spouse, among other things.

If you have been served, it is wise to speak to an attorney for your protection you right now. Click here to schedule an emergency appointment with our office immediately. Preparation time is critical. Do not wait until the last minute to consult a lawyer or to respond to the divorce papers.

The information you obtain at this site is informational only and is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. You should consult an attorney for advice regarding your individual situation. We invite you to contact us. We welcome your calls, letters, and electronic mail. Contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship. Please do not send any confidential information to us until such a relationship has been established.


Recent Divorce and Family Law Blog Postings

Good Intentions and Child Custody

It’s in vogue these days in family law to advocate “education, counseling, mediation and evaluation” in lieu of expeditious litigation, but nobody cites any hard data to prove that “education, counseling, mediation and evaluation” justify the investment of time or money in them.

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May 9, 2013 | Category :Child Custody | | Leave a Comment

You’re Paying for Results, Not Features

You don’t pay a lawyer for “features,” you pay for results.

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May 8, 2013 | Category :Top Question Men Ask and Women Ask | | Leave a Comment

Have you heard about “Collaborative Law”? Here’s a different viewpoint.

I'm a divorce lawyer. I'm a divorce mediator. I will soon be taking "collaborative law" training.  But I don't expect to be a "collaborative lawyer" for long, if at all.  Fad. Trendy. These are terms for collaborative divorce. (See http://www.divorceutah.com/mediation-divorce-great-
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I am sure the writers mean well, but I am weary of “children are victims of everything in divorce” articles.

I am sure the writers mean well, but I am weary of "children are victims of everything in divorce" articles.

Parents ought to do their best not only to shelter their children from the pain of divorce, but to prepare their children to face adversity with character, resolve, and hope as they mature.

Asking parents to check all of their interests at the door "for the sake of the children" is facile and frankly, counter productive. I'm not advocating parents taking a scorched earth approach to child custody, but telling parents to choke back their primal concern for their children is unrealistic.

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Alimony and Income Equalization

If you are going through a Utah divorce, well-meaning friends, family, and acquaintances will be happy to share a lot of disinformation with you and give you a lot of bad advice.  Many will tell you that you should receive half of your spouse’s income as alimony.  Others will tell you that you are “entitled” alimony that ensures you enjoy to “the same standard of living as you did prior to the divorce.”  False.

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May 1, 2013 | Category :Alimony | | Leave a Comment