Terminating Parental Rights and the Strictly Necessary Standard
In order for a Utah juvenile court to terminate a parent’s parental rights, it needs to find that the termination…
Length of Child Support for An Incapacitated Child in Utah Divorce Cases
Trisha and Benjamin married in 1989. They had a child in 1990. They divorced in 1995. Their child was diagnosed…
Alimony and Retirement in Utah Divorce Cases
Utah Code § 30-3-5 11(b) provides that “a party’s retirement is a substantial material change in circumstances that is subject…
Immigration Appeals and Exhausting Administrative Remedies
Leon Santos-Zacaria (who goes by the name of Estrella) was severely persecuted in his native country of Guatemala for her…
What Happens When A Party Dies Before a Divorce Becomes Final?
Thomas and Lidia married in 2001 and Lidia filed for divorce in 2012. Their divorce proceedings were long and complicated,…
Mental Illness in Divorce
Is your spouse a narcissist? The reason I ask is that this is something that divorce clients often raise with…
Lemon Drops and High School Football Prayers
Joseph Kennedy was fired from his job as a football coach in Bremerton School District for kneeling in silent prayer…
Wading Through Dobbs
I read the whole thing. All 213 pages of it. Well, almost all of it. I still have not read…
Unsuccessful Work Attempt in a Social Security Disability Claim
Social Security rules provide that in order to establish disability, a claimant must prove the inability to perform substantial gainful…
Rule 60(b) Motions to Set Aside in Utah Divorce
Husband (H) and Wife’s (W) marriage was irretrievably broken. H had confessed to W certain unsavory behavior on his part…