Do You Lose Parental Rights Automatically When You Get Divorced if You Do Not File for Visitation or Custody?

Make sure you understand the terms you and others may be using in asking and discussing this question. If you are a parent of minor children, and you are involved…

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When flawed thinking is tragic thinking (thank goodness)

I frequently encounter comments made in child custody disputes to the effect that “courts favor the nurturing and detailed attentiveness of mothers over fathers.”  I am as grateful for such comments as I am disheartened by them. Grateful…

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

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…

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