Utah Noncustodial Parents Fighting Back When Court-ordered Parent-time Is Denied by an Ex-spouse

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – Until a recent change was made in Utah’s custodial interference law, police treated complaints by non-custodial parents’ who were denied parent-time by ex-spouses as if the complaints were civil not criminal matters, leaving non-custodial parents feeling as if they have no recourse.

But Utah legislature representative Carl Wimmer recently changed the language in the custodial interference law.  ”The amendment I made to the law makes it absolutely clear, that refusing visitation is indeed a criminal offense, and should be prosecuted,” representative Wimmer said.

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