Great question. There are many ways to do this wrong, so let’s start with those. Just tell the teachers and principal and expect them to take your word for it; bring…
You pose two very good questions, and there are very good answers to each of them. Question 1) What is the point of granting divorced parents joint custody and splitting…
Yes. Utah Code § 30–3–36(2) requires: (2) For emergency purposes, whenever the child travels with either parent, all of the following will be provided to the other parent: (a) an…
2023 UT App 60 - Martinez v. Sanchez-Garcia THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS DAISY MARTINEZ Appellant, v. FERNANDO SANCHEZ-GARCIA, Appellee. Opinion No. 20210829-CA Filed June 2, 2023 First District Court,…
In Utah, the law does not require divorced parents to pay for an adult child’s education. Divorcing parents can agree that one or both parents will fund some or all…
Adoptive parents cannot lose custody of the children they adopted merely because they divorce. The children of adoptive parents are treated no differently in divorce than children who are issue…
This is a complicated question. If there is no statute or court order in place that bars you from taking your child out of state with you for a vacation,…
Generally, yes, although the gratuitous (and sexually discriminatory) practice of indulging a default preference for the mother has steadily weakened substantially over the last 40 years and counting. More and…
There are many ways one might interpret what your question is. If you are asking whether a child of divorced parents has, as a result of the divorce, more or…
If he poses a danger to you, then yes. The fact that a child you share lives with him will not prevent you from obtaining a protective order against him…
You need to ask some other questions first before you get to the answer to the question of how long it will take. First, can you prove parental alienation to…
I will answer this question in the context of Utah law because Utah is the jurisdiction where I practice divorce and family law. It could be that other jurisdictions have…
I cannot answer this question as to what law applies in all jurisdictions, as I am not licensed to practice law in all jurisdictions, but I will be happy to…
I can answer this question as the law applies in the jurisdiction where I practice divorce and family law (Utah), and you may find my answer useful in conducting the…
Allow me to start my answer to your question by acknowledging how unfair it is to children of divorce when courts refuse to hear from the children and refuse to…
The father has primary custody but left our child with me and left the child with me 60 days ago with no indication of when or whether he will return,…
We have joint custody in Nevada. I’m in California now. Is it wrong to ask them to take my child to me because of my location? Do mean to ask,…
Great question. I wish I had a pleasing answer to it for you. I can’t speak for all jurisdictions, but in Utah (where I practice law and handle child custody…
Do abusive parents get sole custody of their children, even when their children don’t want them to have it? If the children want to stay with a relative who can…
rprise that it usually takes much less time and effort to prepare for a proffer hearing than preparing for a full evidentiary hearing. In a proffer hearing the client won’t…
I can't speak for what the law is or how it applies in all jurisdictions, but I can answer this question as it would apply in the state of Utah,…
Good question. I cannot answer this question for how all jurisdictions would handle it, but I can tell you what the law is in Utah governing this question (and it’s…
I will assume that your ex-husband (the children's father) arriving to pick up the children earlier than his court ordered scheduled time is a hardship on, or at least an…
That depends on many, many factors. Some legitimate, some possibly not. Those of you who have read my content here may have noticed that I am of the opinion (arising…
I had a weird experience as a lawyer in a situation kind of like the one you’re asking about. The ex-spouse didn’t end up with sole custody of the children,…
This is a great question. Note: I cannot answer this question for all jurisdictions, but I can answer it as it applies in the jurisdiction where I practice divorce and…
I can speak for what the law is in all jurisdictions, of course, but I can answer this question as it applies in the jurisdiction where I practice divorce and…
I will answer your question according to the law of the jurisdiction where I practice divorce and family law (Utah). In a family law context, a custody order is an…
Very good question. Tricky question too. Not because it’s hard to answer (it isn’t), but because it’s a tricky question to understand accurately. I don’t find that otherwise decent and deserving fathers…
THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, IN THE INTEREST OF P.J.R., A PERSON UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE. C.S., Appellant, V. STATE OF UTAH, Appellee. Opinion No. 20220264-CA…
There can be many aims. Such as (in no particular order of popularity): gaining or saving money If the children “side” with a parent, that could influence the child custody…
I will answer this question as a general matter in the context of Utah law because I practice divorce and family law (and thus I deal with child custody disputes…
2023 UT 4 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF UTAH TAYLOR LYNN SCOTT, Respondent, v. SARAH CATHERINE BENSON, Petitioner. No. 20210922 Heard October 3, 2022 Filed April 20,…
I will answer this question in the context of Utah law because Utah is the jurisdiction where I practice divorce and family law. It could be that other jurisdictions have…
This is not the kind of situation in which you can obtain a change you want by taking certain steps. To overturn or modify a temporary child custody order you…
It is possible, but not a given. Why? If the court determines that the circumstances under which you were a crime victim were created or exacerbated by you in whole or in…
Generally speaking (you will need to confer with an attorney who knows the law governing this question in the jurisdiction where you, the other parent, and the child reside), if…
I cannot speak to what the law is in all jurisdictions, but I can answer this question as it applies in the jurisdiction where I practice divorce and family law…
I cannot answer this question as the law applies in every jurisdiction, but I can give you the answer as the law applies in Utah, which is the state where…
There are many weird twists that a case like the one you’ve described can take, but generally speaking (and I must speak generally because I do not know how the…
Can you? It is possible, yes. Will you? Not likely. Why? To get a judge/court to order that the child spends six consecutive months with one parent, then six consecutive…
About half. Utah Family Law, LC | divorceutah.com | 801-466-9277 https://www.quora.com/How-many-children-in-the-US-experience-divorcing-their-parents-Does-anyone-have-the-statistics/answer/Eric-Johnson-311
This is largely a factor of where the custody dispute takes place. Some jurisdictions favor mothers over fathers as much as 80% (although that number is decreasing as joint custody…
Child custody is determined based upon the same statutory factors regardless of whether the parents are divorced or were never married. Those statutory factors are found at Utah Code §§…
Great question (and it’s good to see questions from children). No one can give you “the” answer to this question without knowing the laws of the jurisdiction involved and what…
In re K.K. - 2023 UT App 14 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, IN THE INTEREST OF K.K., S.K., AND S.K., PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.…
In re K.K. - 2023 UT App 13 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, IN THE INTEREST OF K.K., S.K., AND S.K., PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.…
My name is Stephanie from flingorlove.com and honestly, I usually wouldn't bother emailing about this, but I researched and gathered as much data and stats as I could about various divorce statistics…
There is far more to this story than the headline reveals. From Pro Publica: Barricaded Siblings Turn to TikTok While Defying Court Order to Return to Father They Say Abused…
From KSL.com: New Utah law brings confusion, contention for some divorced parents this holiday season https://www.ksl.com/article/50538686/new-utah-law-brings-confusion-contention-for-some-divorced-parents-this-holiday-season Utah Family Law, LC | divorceutah.com | 801-466-9277