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Practical steps to take to prepare to leave an abusive relationship?

June 16, 2020

abuse, Domestic Violence, emotional violence, escape, leave, violence

What are practical, tangible steps someone can and should take when preparing to escape an abusive relationship? If it’s physically violent abuse: I really like what Fredric Garms had to say on this subject: Fredric Garms’s answer to What are…

2019 UT App 202 – State v. Baize – protective order challenge

January 15, 2020

Divorce Utah

Domestic Violence, Men's Divorce Issues, Protective Orders, Utah Code, Utah Court of Appeals Decisions, Utah Law, Women's Divorce Issues

§ 77-36-1.1, 2019, any other form of abuse, cannot attack validity of protective order, child, civil in nature, collateral bar rule, collaterally attack, communicate, contact, December 12, directly, divorced, e-mail, four counts, harassing, indirectly, joint legal custody verbal abuse, mail, married, offended, phone, physical abuse, physically hurting, protective order, Respondent appealed his convictions for violating a protective order and lost. 2019 UT App 202, review for correctness, sole physical custody, stalking, State v. Baize, threatening, unconstitutional prior restraint of speech, unconstitutionally vague, Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-108, Utah Court of Appeals, violating, violating protective order, violence

2019 UT App 202 – THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, Appellee, v. NATHAN DAVID BAIZE, Appellant. Opinion No. 20180326-CA Filed December 12, 2019 Fourth District Court, American Fork Department The Honorable Roger W. Griffin No. 161100835 Douglas…

2019 UT App 207 – Peeples v. Peeples – modification of child custody

January 7, 2020

Divorce Utah

Abuse, Best Interest of the Child, Child Abuse, Child Custody, Child Custody Modification, Children in Divorce, Co-parenting, Contempt of Court, Coping With Divorce, Custody, Custody Evaluation, Divorce Fears, Divorce Law, Divorce Lawyers, Divorce Mistakes, Divorce Preparedness, Divorce Procedure, Expert Witnesses, Family Law, Fathers' Divorce Issues, Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, GAL (Guardian ad Litem), Joint Legal Custody, Mediation, Men's Divorce Issues, Modification of Child Custody, Mothers' Divorce Issues, Negotiation, Parenting Plan, Physical Custody, Procedure and Evidence, Protective Orders, Restraining Orders, Sole Custody, Utah Code, Utah Court of Appeals Decisions, Utah Law, Women's Divorce Issues

2019, 2019 UT App 207, best interest, bifurcate, bifurcated decree, children failed to demonstrate substantial change in the circumstances, clear error, custody evaluator, December 19, denied visitation, distinction between stipulated and adjudicated decrees, domestic relations commissioner, emotional, emotional abuse, failed to meet burden to prove change in circumstances, five out of every fourteen, guardian ad litem, in “high conflict” cases burden of demonstrating a change in circumstances is higher than normal, incorrect legal standard decree was stipulated rather than adjudicated, intellectual, joint legal custody, modify divorce decree, moral development, motion to dismiss, no change in circumstances, no separate standard that courts are to apply in high-conflict cases when considering whether a substantial change of circumstances is present in the context of a petition to modify, Opinion No. 20180713-CA, overnights, PEEPLES v. PEEPLES, ping-pong custody awards, presence or absence of a substantial change in circumstances, primary physical custody, protective order, reasonable degree of stability, res judicata, school year, settlement conference, sole custody, sole physical custody, stable employment, stable home environment, summertime, Utah Code Ann. § 30-3-10.4(2)(b), Utah Court of Appeals, violations of decree could be resolved in contempt proceedings, violence

2019 UT App 207 – THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS ADAM LEGRANDE PEEPLES, Appellee, v. ANNALEISE T. PEEPLES, Appellant. Opinion No. 20180713-CA Filed December 19, 2019 Third District Court, Salt Lake Department The Honorable Andrew H. Stone No. 044901980 Brian…

What do you do about domestic abuse?

June 28, 2019

Divorce Utah

Abuse, Domestic Violence, Protective Orders, Stalking Injunction/Civil Stalking Injunction

abuse, abused men, abused women, Domestic Violence, gun, protective order, stalking injunction, violence

I have not been the victim of domestic violence or abuse, but I have had some clients who are. If you have a good, honest, and responsive police force in your jurisdiction, coupled with the court that is willing to…

In re C.C.W. – 2019 UT App 34 – termination of parental rights

March 12, 2019

Divorce Utah

Termination of Parental Rights, Utah Court of Appeals Decisions

2019 UT App 34, abandonment, appeal, best interest, best interest of children, ex-husband, father, In re C.C.W., mother, Utah Court of Appeals, violence

In re C.C.W. http://www.utcourts.gov/opinions/view.html?court=appopin&opinion=In re C.C.W.20190307_20170360_34.pdf 2019 UT App 34 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS IN THE INTEREST OF C.C.W. AND Z.C.W., PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE. R.D.T. AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM, Appellants, v. C.L.W., Appellee. Opinion No. 20170360-CA…

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Practical steps to take to prepare to leave an abusive relationship?

2019 UT App 202 – State v. Baize – protective order challenge

2019 UT App 207 – Peeples v. Peeples – modification of child custody

What do you do about domestic abuse?

In re C.C.W. – 2019 UT App 34 – termination of parental rights