How does divorce and child abuse affect SAT scores?
SAT scores? Come on, that’s getting too granular. Utah Family Law, LC | divorceutah.com | 801-466-9277 https://www.quora.com/How-does-divorce-and-child-abuse-affect-SAT-scores
Can an unemployed alienated parent be forced to help pay for a car for the child?
First, unless there is a statute or court order that requires a parent to purchase a car for a child, or that requires both parents to share the costs of purchasing a car for a child, it’s unlikely that a…
Pro-fairness and Pro-child
Best Interest of the Child, Child Custody, Children in Divorce, Custody, Divorce, Divorce Court, Divorce Law, Family Law, Fathers' Divorce Issues, Joint Legal Custody, Joint Physical Custody, Judges, Men's Divorce Issues, Mothers' Divorce Issues, Parent Time, Parental Fitness, Parental Rights, Utah Law, Women's Divorce Issues
Pro-fairness and Pro-child Recently, public service YouTube channel I run (UFTLV – Utah Family Law TV – not run by or run to support Utah Family Law, LC) received a comment on this video: Do you think it’s fair that…
Why would my ex block contact with my child when we have shared joint custody?
Let me count the “reasons,” both legitimate and otherwise: Legitimate (though not necessarily legal, unless permitted by a court order) reasons: the contact you have with the child is truly and seriously harming the child emotionally and/or psychologically; the court…
How to Explain to Your Kids You Are Getting Divorced (Guest Post)
Author Bio: Cristin Howard runs Smart Parent Advice, a site that provides parenting advice for moms and dads. Cristin writes about all of the different ups and downs of parenting, provides solutions to common challenges, and reviews products that parents need to…
Bullet Proofing Your Summer Parent Time – Part 1 of 4 Series
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BULLET PROOF ADVANCE NOTICE Note: This is the first of four blog postings on bullet proofing your summer parent time, that I’ll publish in as many weeks. You will want to read them all. At the time I write this,…
Bullet Proofing Your Summer Parent Time – Part 4 of 4
BULLET PROOF YOUR HEARING Note: This is the fourth of four blog postings that I’ll publish in as many weeks. You will want to read them all (and likely want to read them in order to get the most out…
Bullet Proofing Your Summer Parent Time – Part 2 of 4
BULLET PROOF YOUR REQUEST FOR COURT ASSISTANCE Note: This is the second of four blog postings that I’ll publish in as many weeks. You will want to read them all. My previous and first blog posting on Bullet Proofing Your…
Bullet Proofing Your Summer Parent Time – Part 3 of 4
Parent Time BULLET PROOF YOUR MOTION YOU FILE WITH THE COURT AND YOUR ARGUMENT IN COURT Note: This is the third of four blog postings that I’ll publish in as many weeks. You will want to read them all. My…
Custodial Interference and Writ of Assistance
Special Circumstances One of the ways you can enforce your parent-time or custody rights is through a Writ of Assistance. You should know up front that most judges and court commissioners consider such an action a bold, even an extreme…
What Do I Really Need to Prove to Modify a Child Custody Award Order in Utah? a Summary of Zavala v. Zavala
What Do I Really Need to Prove to Modify a Child Custody Award Order in Utah? a Summary of Zavala v. Zavala Zavala v. Zavala, 2016 UT App 6 Opinion No. 20141031-CA Filed January 14, 2016 SUMMARY: If a custody…
Joint Legal Custody With “Tie-Breaking Authority” or “Final Say” Isn’t Joint Legal Custody
Joint Legal Custody With “Tie-Breaking Authority” or “Final Say” Isn’t Joint Legal Custody So you’re sitting at your desk in your office when the IT guy walks in and says, “Everyone in the company is getting upgraded phones, so I’m…
Equitable Distribution of Property in Utah
Equitable distribution of property in Utah divorce, and what that means Different states divide marital property in different ways. Utah (and other states’) law applies the principle of equitable distribution of property (as opposed to the “community property” standard that…
What you need to know when a Guardian ad Litem is appointed
In many (too many, in my opinion) divorce and family law cases in Utah (and other states) an attorney is appointed to “represent the interests of the children.” This attorney is referred to as a “guardian ad litem.” the “ad…
Bullet-Proofing Your Holiday Parent-time: Send Notice in Writing NOW
Bullet Proofing Your Holiday Time: Send Notice in Writing NOW Many divorced or single parents have issues with parent-time, not because they can’t use a calendar or make a plan, but because they are dealing with an ex who is…
What Is a Parenting Plan and How Can I Make Mine Rock?! (Part 4 of 4)
“The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.” — John Rawls Quarreling means trying to show that the other man is in the wrong. And there would…
What Is a Parenting Plan and How Can I Make Mine Rock?! (Part 3 of 4)
This blog post covers provisions that are not required by Utah law to be in a parenting plan but that you either are allowed to include in the parenting plan or that you really should consider including in you parenting…
What Is a Parenting Plan and How Can I Make Mine Rock?! (Part 2 of 4)
Every Utah parenting plan must contain the following minimum provisions: Provisions for resolution of future disputes between the parents. This means: A process for resolving disputes, unless precluded or limited by statute. A dispute resolution process may include: counseling; mediation or…
What Is a Parenting Plan and How Can I Make Mine Rock?! (Part 1 of 4)
Utah Law requires that all joint legal and/or joint physical custody arrangements have a “parenting plan”. “Parenting plan”. It has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? I mean who would dare to criticize planning or having a plan in…
Battling Custodial Interference – Criminal Prosecution
So what can you do the battle custodial interference if local law enforcement and the city and county attorneys won’t? Check out our blog posting on motions for order to show cause to sanction your ex for contempt of court and our…