State v. Lucke – 2025 UT App 49 – proper waiver of right to counsel

State v. Lucke - 2025 UT App 49 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, Appellee, v. SCOTT NICHOLAS LUCKE, Appellant. Opinion No. 20230428-CA Filed April 10, 2025 First District…

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Ragsdale v. Fishler – 2025 UT App 36 – civil stalking – free speech

Ragsdale v. Fishler - 2025 UT App 36 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS KRISTI RAGSDALE, Appellee and Cross-appellant, v. GEORGE FISHLER, Appellant and Cross-appellee. Opinion No. 20230023-CA Filed March 13, 2025 Third…

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2025 UT App 12 – Schmidt v. Petersen – civil stalking – burden of proof

2025 UT App 12 - Schmidt v. Petersen 2025 UT App 12 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STEPHEN EDWARD SCHMIDT, Appellant, v. KYLE JEFFERY PETERSEN, Appellee. Opinion No. 20230287-CA Filed…

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Staszkiewicz v. Thomas – 2024 UT App 183

Staszkiewicz v. Thomas - 2024 UT App 183 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS MADISON STASZKIEWICZ, Appellee, v. TIFFANY N. THOMAS, Appellant. Opinion No. 20230229-CA Filed December 12, 2024 Third District…

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Wallace v. Wallace – 2024 UT App 164 – Custody, Non-disparagement

Wallace v. Wallace - 2024 UT App 164 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS JAMES DOUGLAS WALLACE, Appellee, v. JOANNA JUNE WALLACE, Appellant. Opinion No. 20220559-CA Filed November 15, 2024 Third…

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2024 UT App 158 – State v. Campbell – Stalking

2024 UT App 158 - State v. Campbell THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, Appellee, v. RHUAN CAMPBELL, Appellant. Per Curiam Opinion No. 20230192-CA Filed November 7, 2024 Third…

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Wilson v. Wilson, 2024 UT App 87 – civil stalking injunction, appeals

Wilson v. Wilson - 2024 UT App 87 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS TKS CO-PACK MANUFACTURING, LLC AND TROY WILSON, Appellants and Cross-appellees, v. DOUG WILSON, Appellee and Cross-appellant. Opinion…

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Do family law divorce attorneys of the opposite side stalk and harass their client’s opposition if the client pays for it?

Some do (if you can imagine an attorney doing something like that, it’s probably already been done), but they’re outliers, and they are violating both the law and the rules…

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2023 UT App 61 – State v. West – violation of civil stalking injunction

2023 UT App 61 - State v. West THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, Appellee, v. DEBORAH JEAN WEST, Appellant. Opinion No. 20210335-CA Filed June 2, 2023 Fifth…

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2023 UT App 48 – Anderson v. Deem – civil stalking injunction

2023 UT App 48 - Anderson v. Deem THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS ELLIE ANDERSON, Appellant, v. JACKSON DEEM, Appellee. Opinion No. 20210558-CA Filed May 11, 2023 Fourth District Court,…

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Corona-Leyva v. Hartman – 2022 UT App 45 – civil stalking injunction

Corona-Leyva v. Hartman - 2022 UT App 45 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS  SERGIO CORONA-LEYVA,   Appellee,   JESUS HARTMAN,   Appellant.  Opinion  No. 20200948-CA  Filed April 7, 2022  Fourth District Court, Provo…

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Noel v. James – 2022 UT App 33 – civil stalking injunction

Noel v. James - 2022 UT App 33 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS MICHAEL EARL NOEL, Appellee, v. WILLIAM THOMAS JAMES, Appellant. Opinion No. 20200565-CA Filed March 10, 2022 Sixth…

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2022 UT App 15 – Miller v. DaSilva – protective order objections

2022 UT App 15 - Miller v. DaSilva http://www.utcourts.gov/opinions/view.html?court=appopin&opinion=Miller v. Dasilva20220203_20200719_15.pdf THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS LISA M. MILLER, Appellant, v. AMY ELIZABETH DASILVA, Appellee. Opinion No. 20200719-CA Filed February…

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How do I pursue child visitation when I don’t know where the child is?

I’m preparing to begin pursuing child visitation. However, the child’s mother has moved and never told me where, and has cut off contact with me. How can I find out…

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Do judges sometimes feel overburdened by the responsibilities of their job?

Yes, and for good reason. First, let me be unusually but sincerely candid: many judges and many of the actions that judges take disappoint me. There are some excellent judges…

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Hardy v. Hardy – 2020 UT App 88 – Utah Court of Appeals – civil stalking

2020 UT App 88 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS KAREN HARDY, Appellee, v. BRIAN NEIL HARDY, Appellant. Opinion No. 20190496-CA Filed June 11, 2020 Fifth District Court, St. George Department…

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Can I get a restraining order against my abusive ex if we both use public transportation?

Do you mean to ask: “Can I get a restraining order against my abusive ex that prevents him/her from using the same public transportation as I do?” If so, the…

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