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,…
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…
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…
What can I legally do if my child's mother picks up our child in an Uber without a car seat? She is 5 years old, about 50 lbs. She is…
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…
Answers to this question could take up an entire book (actually, it could take up many entire books, and it does—literally millions of pages have been written on this subject).…
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
Unless: there is a statute or court order that permits it; or this kind of statute or court order could be the kind that permits the temporary denial of contact…
That does not bode well for you, if in fact the child will be in the courtroom at the same time you and the judge assigned to your case are…
Thank you for your question, and forgive me for approaching this question in a way that may not answer your question as directly as it could be; I hope you…
My guess is that this question applies in two distinct contexts: 1) what does the court do in a child custody case where both parents try to alienate the child from the…
Usually rarely and with great effort and difficulty. Why? I have written other responses to this question and questions like it, so my answer here will be more concise than…
You’ve picked a good topic of discussion, but your question is poorly phrased. Your claim that only one parent can properly raise children after a marital breakup is false. Not…
Yes, the term broken home is typically defined as “a family in which the parents have divorced." https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broken%20home https://www.dictionary.com/browse/broken-home (Dictionary.com is based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random…
Your question is not a good one because it’s based upon a false premise. Not all Americans believe that it’s better for all children for their parents to remain in…
Only if it’s worse for the child to be reared by both his/her father and mother because the mother is unfit or an irremediable danger to the child. Kids deserve…
This is something of an intentionally gray area in the law, but that’s no reason or invitation to abuse it. Many don’t realize that a parent cannot kidnap his or…
The question is: I’m a stay at home mom, my BD is always working unreliable and inconsistent hours, he wants 50% custody of our son. Will he be granted 50%?…
Who do you pick, your father who has been there your whole life or your mother who was never there until now and wants custody of you? Assuming that 1)…
So many people believe (and I don’t know how or why they have come to this belief) that “if I can show that the other parent has this flaw, I…
Both result in Mom and Dad no longer living together with their children. Divorce ends a marriage, and annulment results in a legal and religious ruling that the marriage does…
Few rational, intelligent, thinking people would argue that a divorce rate hovering around 50% is not too high. Society suffers from a high divorce rate and the broken families that…
2022 UT App 122 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STEPHANIE THAYNE, Appellee, v. DEVIN THAYNE, Appellant. Opinion No. 20200598-CA Filed November 3, 2022 Second District Court, Ogden Department The Honorable…
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF UTAH DAVID JENKINS TAYLOR, Appellant, v. JILL MARIE TAYLOR, Appellee. No. 20191090 Heard: April 13, 2022 Filed August 18, 2022 On Certification…
Common? No. Not all that unusual? Yes. Utah Family Law, LC | divorceutah.com | 801-466-9277 https://www.quora.com/Is-it-common-for-someone-to-choose-to-end-a-10-year-marriage-then-secretly-create-conflict-to-trick-kids-into-saying-yes-to-should-we-leave/answer/Eric-Johnson-311
Common? No. Not all that unusual? Yes. Utah Family Law, LC | divorceutah.com | 801-466-9277 https://www.quora.com/Is-it-common-for-someone-to-choose-to-end-a-10-year-marriage-then-secretly-create-conflict-to-trick-kids-into-saying-yes-to-should-we-leave/answer/Eric-Johnson-311
Am I, as an 11-year-old, allowed to go to court in a situation where my parents are divorced to see if I can get my dad to have full custody…
It means that the child custody order is a temporary, as opposed to a permanent and final, order of the court. Why would a court enter a temporary child custody…
Can being a noncustodial parent improve the child’s relationship with the noncustodial parent? Recently, a reader on Quora, where I comment regularly, commented on a post of mine with this: …
Are you going through a child custody dispute in court, or contemplating one? If so, have you heard about a custody evaluation? if not, you'll want to pay particularly close…
Teenager Child (16) refuses to see me after spending a month with my ex. I have 50% custody. What can I do about it? I'm a stricter parent unlike my…
Should I get sole custody of my children if their dad does not want to be involved with them? Or try to talk it out before I go through with…
My husband cheated on me and we're getting a divorce. He begged me not to take his children away, but I want him to suffer. How can I make sure…
What can you do if your husband does not want to pay school fees for his children when you are divorced? First, it is not necessarily a given that a…
My parents are divorced, my father has no savings, he didn't work for the entire period of their marriage, we were estranged for a while and now we are back,…
Do you think it's acceptable for the non-custodial parent to have to pay more child support because the custodial parent chooses to barely work or not work at all? Generally,…
There are “expert” witnesses for virtually any and every issue in legal actions. Can judges be bamboozled by pseudo-scientific expert witnesses? Without question. Do some judges who know that the…
Can a parent with full custody refuse to allow visitation due to unsanitary living conditions? Good question. I will answer this question in the context of some applicable law for…
Technically, no. Practicably/pragmatically, yes. Technically, a minor child (even a child of 16 years of age) does not have the legal right to choose whether he or she will comply…
Is it easier to get a divorce if you and your spouse have no debts, no shared property, and no children? Typically, generally, usually, yes. In the overwhelming majority of…
So I want to ask my dad to divorce my mom. She has a troublesome personality, to say. I'm currently 16 and the relationship between not just me and my…
I don't want anything to do with my child's father. Can I gain full custody if I'm bipolar? First, thank you for being so candid and blunt. This is a…
Fox v. Fox 2022 UT App 88 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS DIANN SHERI FOX, Appellant, v. BENJAMIN DAVIS FOX, Appellee. Opinion No. 20200949-CA Filed July 14, 2022 Fifth District…
What are the primary concerns of the courts in determining parenting issues? Why? In Utah (and in no particular order), the court must consider the factors articulated in these sections…
If both parents are wonderful, will the court still lean towards full custody to the mother? [Note: I am a divorce lawyer of 25 years. I am not bitter about…
Taking your question literally: Can? Yes. You can file a lawsuit for any “reason” or no reason at all. Crazy and/or malicious people file crazy/malicious/frivolous/unintelligible lawsuits all the time. Just…
As a child with divorced parents, I find it hard to answer questions such as, “What is the importance of marriage?” How can I better understand the importance of marriage?…
Why would a father whose attorney had outed his children's mother as a schizophrenogenic narc monster give her full custody? “Give?” If the father had it within his power to…
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