Utah Child Custody Law
<h2> <center> Jeffrey Christensen v. Courtney Jessica Christensen </h2> <center>
Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce action. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> After some twelve years of marriage, Jeffrey Christensen and Courtney Jessica Christensen divorced. They were able to agree on the terms of their separation, and these terms w... More...
$ (07-13-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jevaunte Reese </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank rubbery by force or violence in violation of 18 U.S.C.2113(a). Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> On September 11, 2024, Taylorsville Police Department and special agents from the FBI responded to the Mounta... More...
$ (06-18-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Johnston Blackhorse </h2> </center>
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. In February 2025, while serving a lifetime of supervised release for prior child sex crimes, two probation officers conducted a home visit where Johnston Blackhorse, 42, lived alone in Aneth, Utah.. Pursuant to Blackhorse’s supervised release conditions, the officers conducted a... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> State of Utah v. Damien Michael Draughon </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, one count of obstruction of justice, and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor. Damien Michael Draughon married a woman who had two children from a prior relationship. He subsequently developed what he acknowledged was an inappropriate relati... More...
$ (04-07-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Zuemei Zhao </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a restricted person (alien). uemei Zhao, 54, of the People’s Republic of China, admitted that she illegally possessed a black Rossi Braztech Int’l .357 Magnum revolver pistol in Zhao’s checked luggage. Prior to delivering the suitcase to American Airlines, Zhao did not disclose ... More...
$ (04-07-2026 - UT)United States of America v. Isidro De Jesus-Mayo
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States. Isidro De Jesus-Mayo, 44, of Mexico, was charged by felony information on December 17, 2025. In addition to his term of imprisonment, the court imposed a sentence of three years of supervised release. Upon his release of imprisonment, De Jesus-Mayo will be remanded to the c... More...
$ (02-19-2026 - UT)State of Utah v. Matthew Elton
Manti, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse with serious physical injury. ¶1 Matthew Elton was charged with child abuse with serious physical injury, aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, and violating a protective order. Elton pleaded guilty to those charges and was sentenced to prison. While those charges had been pending, the court had issued a ... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Austin Riley Jensen
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r producing and receiving child sexual abuse material involving a 15-year-old victim. Law enforcement found communications between Austin Riley Jensen, 33, of Hurricane, Utah, and an individual on federal supervised release in Las Vegas, Nevada, which occurred between October 2022 and December 2022, containing ima... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Bryce Lucas Stimka
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing child pornography, receiving child pornography, and enticement to engage in illegal sexual activity. n July 2024, Stimka (who was twenty-three years old) began an online relationship via Snapchat with a fourteen-year-old girl in Utah. Over roughly the next nine months, Stimka and the girl exchang... More...
$ (11-28-2025 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Bryce Lucas Stimka
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing child pornography, receiving child pornography, and enticement to engage in illegal sexual activity.<br> <br> In July 2024, Stimka (who was twenty-three years old) began an online<br> relationship via Snapchat with a fourteen-year-old girl in Utah. Over roughly the<br> next nine months, Stimka and the gi... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Charles Errill Lavadie
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with negligently operating a vehicle resulting in serious bodily injury for taking a painkiller and subsequently crashing his truck into a home, pinning a 10-year-old beneath his vehicle.<br> <br> On July 3, 2020, South Salt Lake Police were called to investigate a vehicle that crashed into a home near 3300 South and ... More...
$0 (10-20-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Shae Golden Langston
St. George, utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and possession of child porn.... More...
$0 (09-09-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Richard Jacobs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child exploitation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Utah Gymnastics Coach Sentenced to 10 Years' Imprisonment for Child Sex Crimes</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Adam Ri... More...
$0 (08-19-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Richard Jacobs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sex Crimes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Utah Gymnastics Coach Sentenced to 10 Years' Imprisonment for Child Sex Crimes</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Adam Richard Jac... More...
$0 (08-18-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Richard Jacobs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sex Crimes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Utah Gymnastics Coach Sentenced to 10 Years' Imprisonment for Child Sex Crimes</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Adam Richa... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Richard Jacobs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Exploitation and Harassment Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Oahu Basketball Coach Sentenced to 405 Month in Prison for Child Exploitation and Harassment Offenses Involving Ten Charged Victims</h2></center></b></b></center></><br... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Sabino Osvaldo Gomez-Perez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fentanyl Trafficking in Utah </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mexican National Sentenced to Imprisonment for Fentanyl Trafficking in Utah</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> S... More...
$0 (08-12-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Bryce Lucas Stimka </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multiple Child Sex Crimes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Indictment Unsealed Charging a U.S. Navy Sailor Stationed in Georgia with Multiple Child Sex Crimes After Enticing a Teen Via Social Media</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </fon... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Kendrick Aristotle Eastes
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with distributing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(A). <br> <br> The Defendant entered into a plea agreement with contained an appeal waiver.<br> <br> <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (07-18-2025 - UT)Antoine Johnson v. United States of America
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking the vacation of a sentenced pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255, which provides:<br> <br> (a) A prisoner in custody under sentence of a court established by Act of Congress claiming the right to be released upon the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States, or that the c... More...
$0 (07-10-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Andy Naikai
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of abusive<br> sexual contact with a child while within Indian country, 18 U.S.C. § 2244(c) & 1153,<br> and one count of abusive sexual contact with a child age 12-16 while within Indian<br> country, 18 U.S.C. § 2244(a)(3) & 1153. <br> <br> The Defendant moved to suppress statements made by him to... More...
$0 (06-09-2025 - UT)United States of America v. James Weston Fawcett
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.<br> <br> In 2023, Fawcett pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. The Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) calculated a total offense level of 34 under § 2G2.2 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G. or the Guidelines), a criminal history category of I... More...
$0 (04-21-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Jonathan Isaac Dew
Farmington, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with thirteen counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. <br> <br> In October 2018, an agent (Agent) working for the Internet Crimes Against Children task force (ICAC) was alerted that a particular IP address had connected to an online peer-to-peer file-sharing network and that someone at the IP address had offered to distr... More...
$0 (02-21-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Buckley Hardy </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant indicted with Bank Robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Man Accused of Bank Robbery in Custody</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Utah man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City after he allegedly robbed t... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Alphonzo Robert Bell; David Alejandro Jimenez-Angel </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant indicted with distributing methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> A Mexican National and a Utah Man are in Custody Facing Drug Crimes </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an ... More...
$0 (02-19-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Wayland Derk Savage </cent>
Caldwell, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with grand theft, resisting and obstructing, and being a persistent violator,<br> <br> At trial, the State called the victim of the stolen car, Officer Burgoyne, and Detective Scott as witnesses. The victim testified that during the early morning hours, he drove to work, parked his car, and left his car unlocked with the ke... More...
$0 (02-10-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Glenn Raymond Breeden </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engage in sexual activity with someone he believed was a minor. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Child Sexual Predator Sentenced to Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Glenn Raymond Breeden, 56, of Orlando, Flori... More...
$0 (01-13-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Stephen Rippey
West Jordan, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a child and one count of object reape of a child.<br> <br> The State charged Rippey with five first-degree felonies- three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and two counts of object rape of a child-for acts that allegedly occurred between January 2005 and July 2008. Rippey pled g... More...
$0 (12-27-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Anthony Monsen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Collecting Disability Benefits </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Man Sentenced to Prison After Fraudulently Collecting Over Half a Million Dollars in Disability Benefits</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <b... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - UT)Sara Ward v. Meredith McGarry
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a child support dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> This case involves a child support award in a paternity action. In an earlier appeal of this case between Sara Ward and Meredith McGarry, this court vacated the district court's child support award and remanded the matter to the district court for additional factual findings. See... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - UT)In the Matter of the Adoption of K.R.S., a person under 18 years of age
<h2><br> Manti, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a parental rights termination and adoption action.<br> </h2><br> <br> Father is the biological father of K.R.S. (Child), who was born in January 2019. For a time, Father cohabited with Child's mother, M.L. (Mother), but they never married; in October 2019, Mother married G.L. (Stepfather). Child has resided with Mother since birth,... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - UT)State of Utah v. Martin Garcia-Cardiel
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child.<br> </h2><br> <br> Martin Garcia-Cardiel appeals his convictions on nineteen counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. First, he argues the trial court plainly erred and his trial counsel (Counsel) was ineffective for permitting an expert to testify about delayed reporting in c... More...
$0 (11-29-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Aaron A. Wagner </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Investors and Lenders </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Businessmen Indicted for Defrauding Investors and Lenders Millions of Dollars</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury in Salt Lake... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - UT)Megan Lunt v. Drew E. Lunt
Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented wife and husband in divorce involving minor children and child support.<br> <br> <br> Drew E. Lunt challenges alimony and child support awards entered in Megan Lunt's favor as part of their<br> divorce action. He argues that the trial court erred as a matter of law when it determined the parties' financial needs and gross incomes. He also challen... More...
$0 (10-18-2024 - UT)State of Utah v. Phillip Mason King
Ogden, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault and commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child.<br> <br> A jury convicted Phillip Mason King of aggravated assault and commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child. King now appeals those convictions, asserting that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing certain te... More...
$0 (10-24-2024 - UT)Untied States of America v. Sequoia Corbitt
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah conspiracy to commit bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> 18 U.S.C. 1349: Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense under this chapter shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. 1344: Whoever k... More...
$0 (10-18-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Calvin Brantley; Lashawn Charleswell; Keaira Woods; Tiras Jack; Harold Oliver; Jevaunte Reese </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Allegedly Robbing an ATM of $200,000 </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Six People Indicted After Allegedly Robbing an ATM of $200,000</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an... More...
$0 (10-02-2024 - UT)State of Utah v. Troy P. Fraughton </center
<h2><br> Provo, Utah driving under the influence criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Troy P. Fraughton was arrested after he caused a collision while driving on the wrong side of the road. A jury convicted Fraughton of driving under the influence, a third-degree felony due to his prior DUIs. Fraughton now appeals, asserting that the trial court abused its dis... More...
$0 (08-15-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Jordan Alan Neves Brewer </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Predator </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Child Predator Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jordan Alan Neves Brewer, 37, of Ogden, Utah, was sentenced today to 10 years' impriso... More...
$0 (07-22-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Jaclyn Allred </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing an Amazon Truck and Packages </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Woman Sentenced to 18 Months' Imprisonment for Stealing an Amazon Truck and Packages</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On November 15, 2021... More...
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