This case law update includes an important Utah Supreme Court case regarding grandparents’ rights, the Court’s discretion with custody evaluator recommendations, important civil procedure pit falls, and more. Enjoy!
This legal update provides family law case summaries from the Utah Supreme Court and the Utah Court of Appeals from the second half of 2014. In addition to an awesomely insane case involving astronomical attorney fees (Dahl), this summary breaks down the courts’ rulings on: custody, alimony, child support, child care, medical expenses, abuse and neglect, protective orders and stalking injunctions, retirement benefits, pensions, stocks, and investments, debt, paternity, termination of parental rights, real property, personal property, grandparents’ rights, contempt and orders to show cause, attorney fees, domesticating cases, intervening parties, and some fancy information about civil procedure. Enjoy!