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2019 Utah Legislative Session – parentage, child custody factors

May 24, 2019

Child Custody, Custody, Paternity, Utah Code, Utah Law

2019 Utah Legislative Session, 78B-15-610, custody, divorce statutes, Parent Time, parentage action., Utah code

Welcome back to our feature on new laws from the 2019 Utah Legislative Session. There were a lot of changes in family law in 2019. The legislature amended section 78B-15-610 of the Utah Code, which applies in parentage actions (which…

Have you ever doubted that your child was actually yours and decided not to find out if true?

February 22, 2019

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Dirty Tricks, Parentage, Paternity

not the biological father, not the real father, real dad

No, but over the course of my career as a family lawyer I have spoken to several men who suspected they might not be the biological father of children they were raising or had raised to adulthood, but didn’t care…

Can I use Ancestry.com to prove or disprove paternity?

January 24, 2019

Divorce Utah

Parentage, Paternity

Ancestry.com, DNA test, parentage, paternity

Question: Can I use Ancestry.com to order child support? Answer: I think you’re asking whether you can use a commercial DNA testing service to prove in court that you are or are not the biological father of a child for…

My parents are unmarried. Can I choose which one I live with?

September 20, 2018

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Child Custody, Custody, Paternity

Utah code, Utah Code § 30-3-10(1)(e), Utah Uniform Parentage Act

So my parents were unmarried and I’ve been in custody of my mother. I want to be with my dad however, how does everything work so I can live with him? If you just tell Mom you want to live…

April 8, 2018

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Child Custody, Paternity, Utah Court of Appeals, Utah Court of Appeals Decisions

2018 UT App 39 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS OKECHUKWU AJINWO, Appellant, . CLAUDIA CHILESHE, Appellee. Opinion No. 20170051-CA Filed March 15, 2018 Fourth District Court, Provo Department The Honorable Samuel D. McVey No. 144402649 Christopher D. Greenwood, Attorney for…

I had a child from an affair but my husband is raising the baby and is on the birth certificate, can the other man get custody of my child?

December 27, 2017

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Child Custody, Extramarital affairs/Adultery, Parentage, Paternity

I had a child from an affair but my husband is raising the baby and is on the birth certificate, can the other man get custody of my child? I practice law in Utah, so my answer is based upon…