Your divorce is finalized and now you are trying to pick up your life after this process. One of the biggest and most heart-wrenching parts of divorce is losing custody of a child. The thought of not being able to see them whenever you like is a tremendous burden. Even after a divorce, a very […]
Many divorced parents in Salt Lake City and all across Utah follow the standard parent-time holiday schedule to avoid having to negotiate with the other parent to establish some non-standard holiday schedule on their own. If you are one of the many parents who follows the standard Utah parent-time holiday schedule, and you are wondering […]
Keeping up with third-party child custody and visitation laws in Utah has become even more difficult than keeping up with the Kardashian family on TV. Did you know that there is a law that imposes strict requirements for third parties other than parents seeking to get custody or visitation rights of a child. Our Salt […]
It would make sense if children had a right to choose which parent they wanted to live with, but what does Utah family law say about it? We have recently received the following question from one of the readers of our blog: “Hello, my name is Mike and I’m 15 years old. My parents have […]
Why? Because it is pointless. Just ask any person in Utah or elsewhere in the United States whose ex-spouse refused to comply with a child custody order. To tell you the truth, the police could not care less about your complaints that your former husband or wife refuses to comply with child custody and/or parent-time […]
When people think of alimony and child support, they usually assume it is the man who is paying them. A new survey may tell us that times are changing. In a recent survey of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 54 percent of the attorneys said they see an increase in the number of mothers […]
We would not normally bring you a story about celebrities, but the recent child custody battle between superstars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie shows us that divorce and child custody can become a messy situation for everyone, despite how famous or rich they are. Their child custody case is playing out on the national stage […]
Going through a divorce often isn’t smooth sailing. It can be an extremely stressful time in your life. It can get very complex and emotionally, especially with your kids involved. If you’ve never gone through it before you may not know how child custody or child support works. Legal custody is where the parent has […]
At one point, you used to be one big happy family. You had children together, you built a life together. Whatever the circumstances may be, it ultimately had to end in divorce. This can be devastating. Divorce alone is tragic but now you have to put your kids through it. Now you have to go […]
There are few things more difficult in life to go through than a divorce. It becomes even more difficult and emotional when children are involved. Major decisions have to be made about the children and the best outcome for the child needs to be reached. Decisions over legal and physical custody are hard to make. […]
