Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented wife and husband in divorce involving minor children and child support.


Drew E. Lunt challenges alimony and child support awards entered in Megan Lunt's favor as part of their
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)

¶2 Julie and Glen were married in 1994 and divorced in January 2021. In the divorce decree, Glen was ordered to pay Julie alimony for twenty-six years, which was the length of the marriage.

¶3 In January 2022, Glen filed a petition to modify the decree. In his... More...    $0 (08-22-2024 - UT)

¶1 Wesley Robinson Shuman and Catherine Jane Shuman obtained a bifurcated decree of divorce in 2011. Several years later, in 2015, all outstanding issues related to their divorce were submitted to the trial court for resolution. Following a two-day trial, the court granted primary physical and sole legal custody
1. After hearing the arguments in this case, Judge J. Frederic Voros Jr. retired a... More...    $0 (10-19-2017 - UT)

The government appeals only the district court’s ruling that it cannot proceed on
its reverse-piercing alter-ego theory.1 The court essentially ruled that the government had
failed to state a claim, regardless of the truth of its allegations. For the purposes of this
appeal, we therefore take the allegations of the government’s complaint (the Complaint)
as true, see Gee v. Pa... More...    $0 (03-26-2016 - UT)

¶1 Tiffany Begum (Wife) appeals from the district court’s final judgment in the divorce action between herself and Anthony Begum (Husband). We affirm.
¶2 Husband and Wife married in 1989. Wife petitioned for a divorce in August 2008. A domestic relations commissioner issued temporary orders granting physical custody of the parties’ minor children to Wife. The commissioner ordered Husband... More...    $0 (03-19-2015 - UT)

¶1 Tiffany Begum (Wife) appeals from the district court’s final judgment in the divorce action between herself and Anthony Begum (Husband). We affirm.
¶2 Husband and Wife married in 1989. Wife petitioned for a divorce in August 2008. A domestic relations commissioner issued temporary orders granting physical custody of the parties’ minor children to Wife. The commissioner ordered Husband... More...    $0 (03-19-2015 - UT)

¶ 1 J.L.C. appeals the district court’s order dismissing for lack of standing his petition to establish paternity. We conclude that R.P. v. K.S.W., 2014 UT App 38, 320 P.3d 1084, a case issued after the parties’ principal briefs were filed in the present appeal, resolves all material issues against J.L.C. We accordingly affirm the judgment of the district court.
¶ 2 The facts of the pres... More...    $0 (10-17-2014 - UT)

¶ 1 This case involves a child custody agreement made by divorcing parents. The agreement contemplated that L.B.
1. The Honorable Judith M. Billings, Senior Judge, sat by special assignment as authorized by law. See generally Utah R. Jud. Admin. 11-201(6).
R.B. v. L.B.
20130188-CA 2 2014 UT App 270
(Mother) would have custody of their minor son (Child) until he entered the seventh... More...    $0 (11-14-2014 - UT)

¶1 Jeffery Finlayson appeals from his convictions for
aggravated kidnapping, a first degree felony, Utah Code Ann. § 76-
1. The Honorable Pamela T. Greenwood, Senior Judge, sat by
special assignment as authorized by law. See generally Utah R. Jud.
Admin. 11-201(6).
State v. Finlayson
5-302 (LexisNexis Supp. 2013),2 and aggravated assault, a third
degree felony, id. §... More...    $0 (11-28-2014 - UT)

¶1 Alexis Veysey (Mother) challenges the district court’s
adoption of the domestic commissioner’s recommendation
regarding reimbursement of daycare expenses for the parties’
children. We vacate the district court’s order and remand for
further proceedings.
BACKGROUND
¶2 The parties divorced in September 1999. Pursuant to Utah
Code section 78B-12-214, the parti... More...    $0 (11-14-2014 - UT)

¶ 1 Brian Daniel Christian (Husband) and Tamara Christian (Wife) divorced in 2013. Wife appeals, asserting five claims of error in distributing the marital estate. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
¶ 2 First, Wife contends that the district court ‚abused its discretion by failing to follow the statutor[ily] required analysis to impute income.‛ Because this issue requires statutory i... More...    $0 (12-04-2014 - UT)

¶1 Nearly twenty-six years ago, a jury convicted Ralph Leroy Menzies of the first degree murder of Maurine Hunsaker. At sentencing, Judge Raymond Uno imposed the death penalty. Since then, we have issued three opinions in Mr. Menzies‘s case:
MENZIES v. STATE
Opinion of the Court
2
two from direct appeals1 and one from a post-conviction appeal.2 In Mr. Menzies‘s first post-conv... More...    $0 (09-23-2010 - UT)

¶1 Thaine S. Hansen (Husband) appeals the trial court’s ruling
on his petition to modify his divorce decree, which ordered him to
pay Dayle Chelane Hansen (Wife) alimony in the amount of $872
per month. We remand for clarification of the trial court’s order
with respect to the retroactivity of the alimony award, but in all
other respects, we affirm the trial court’s judg... More...    $0 (04-24-2014 - UT)

¶1 R.P., an alleged biological father, appeals from the district
court’s dismissal of his petition to establish paternity under the
R.P. v. K.S.W. and D.R.W.
2. Unless otherwise specifically noted, all citations to the Utah Code
are to the 2012 edition of the Utah Code Annotated.
20120559-CA 2 2014 UT App 38
Utah Uniform Parentage Act (the UUPA). See Utah Code Ann.
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¶1 Defendant Brian Fouse appeals his convictions on one count
of stalking, a third degree felony, see Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-106.5
(LexisNexis 2012); three counts of felony violation of a protective
order, see id. §§ 76-5-108, 77-36-1.1; and three counts of class A
State v. Fouse
2. Because the provisions in effect at the relevant times do not differ
materially from the ... More...    $0 (01-30-2014 - UT)

¶1 Colter Thomas Allen (Husband) and Lacee C. Allen (Wife) were married on June 13, 2009, and are the parents of a young daughter (Daughter). Husband filed for divorce in 2010, and after a bench trial, the trial court awarded Husband physical custody of Daughter, refused Wife’s request for alimony and attorney fees, and awarded both the marital home and the marital debt to Husband. Wife appeals... More...    $0 (01-30-2014 - UT)

¶1 Clark Bruce Kidd (Husband) appeals from several orders of the trial court related to the dissolution of his marriage to Elaine J. Kidd (Wife). We affirm.
Kidd v. Kidd
20120460-CA 2 2014 UT App 26
BACKGROUND1
¶2 Husband and Wife married on March 13, 1980, and divorced on March 9, 2012, after thirty-two years of marriage. Although the parties were able to agree on most of the te... More...    $0 (01-30-2014 - UT)

¶1 Todd Rupper (Husband) appeals from the district court’s
denial of his motion to dismiss a protective order. We affirm.
¶2 Husband and Katherene Richardson (Wife) married in 1993
and had one child together (Child). In 2003, Wife filed for divorce
and petitioned for a protective order against Husband. The district
court issued a protective order in April 2003, pursuant to ... More...    $0 (01-16-2014 - UT)

¶1 Hope M. Carlton-Levin (Wife) appeals a trial court order
reducing, and eventually terminating, her alimony based on a
finding of cohabitation. We affirm.
Levin v. Carlton-Levin
2. Wife challenged the amount of alimony and other aspects of the
divorce decree in a prior appeal. See Levin v. Carlton, 2009 UT App
170, 213 P.3d 884. We affirmed and awarded Husband attorney f... More...    $0 (01-09-2014 - UT)

¶1 Summit County (the County) appeals the entry of judgment in favor of Jim Nebeker on Nebeker’s negligence claim. Nebeker cross-appeals, contending that the court improperly imposed a statutory cap to reduce the judgment from $594,400.21 to $221,400. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
¶2 John Rhineer was Nebeker’s accountant prior to Rhineer’s death on November 14, 2003. Later that year, Wells... More...    $0 (06-12-2014 - UT)

¶1 M.R. (Mother) appeals the order terminating her parental
rights to A.C. We affirm.
In re A.C.
20140194-CA 2 2014 UT App 157
¶2 “[I]n order to overturn the juvenile court’s decision, the
result must be against the clear weight of the evidence or leave the
appellate court with a firm and definite conviction that a mistake
has been made.â€� In re B.R., 2007 UT 82,... More...    $0 (07-03-2014 - UT)

¶1 Sean Doyle appeals the trial court’s grant of M.K.’s petition
for a civil stalking injunction against him. We affirm.
¶2 In order to obtain a civil stalking injunction, M.K. was
required to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Doyle
intentionally or knowingly engaged in a course of conduct directed
at her that he knew or should have known would cause a
r... More...    $0 (07-03-2014 - UT)

¶ 1 On certiorari, we consider whether our court of appeals erred when it held that an action to enforce the ongoing right to collect a portion of pension retirement benefits was not barred by the statute of limitations. We also consider whether the court of appeals erred when it determined that the petitioner‘s argument concerning laches was inadequately briefed according to the standards set ... More...    $0 (06-20-2014 - UT)

¶1 This is an appeal from a juvenile court order adjudicating the children of appellant D.H. “abusedâ€� and “neglectedâ€� under Utah Code section 78A-6-105 (2008), and prohibiting any further contact between D.H. and his children. D.H.’s appeal is premised on a challenge to the juvenile court’s denial of a request for addi-tional time to allow D.H.’s expert to conduct a pre-trial invest... More...    $0 (06-27-2014 - UT)

¶1 Clark Bruce Kidd (Husband) appeals from several orders of the trial court related to the dissolution of his marriage to Elaine J. Kidd (Wife). We affirm.

Kidd v. Kidd

20120460-CA 2 2014 UT App 26

BACKGROUND1

¶2 Husband and Wife married on March 13, 1980, and divorced on March 9, 2012, after thirty-two years of marriage. Although the parties were able to agree on mo... More...    $0 (01-30-2014 - UT)

¶1 Colter Thomas Allen (Husband) and Lacee C. Allen (Wife) were married on June 13, 2009, and are the parents of a young daughter (Daughter). Husband filed for divorce in 2010, and after a bench trial, the trial court awarded Husband physical custody of Daughter, refused Wife’s request for alimony and attorney fees, and awarded both the marital home and the marital debt to Husband. Wife appeals... More...    $0 (01-20-2014 - UT)

¶1 Hope M. Carlton-Levin (Wife) appeals a trial court order reducing, and eventually terminating, her alimony based on a finding of cohabitation. We affirm.

Levin v. Carlton-Levin

2. Wife challenged the amount of alimony and other aspects of the divorce decree in a prior appeal. See Levin v. Carlton, 2009 UT App 170, 213 P.3d 884. We affirmed and awarded Husband attorney fees incurr... More...    $0 (01-16-2014 - UT)

¶1 Todd Rupper (Husband) appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss a protective order. We affirm.

¶2 Husband and Katherene Richardson (Wife) married in 1993 and had one child together (Child). In 2003, Wife filed for divorce and petitioned for a protective order against Husband. The district court issued a protective order in April 2003, pursuant to the Richardso... More...    $0 (01-16-2014 - UT)

¶1 Ellen Cantrell (Wife) appeals from the district court’s order granting James N. Cantrell’s (Husband) petition to modify a decree of divorce. We reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

¶2 In late 2007, after a marriage of just over twenty-two years, the parties entered into a Collaborative Law Participation Agreement in which they agreed to pursue a divorce settlement without judicial... More...    $0 (12-19-2013 - UT)

The Plaintiffs in this lawsuit are three gay and lesbian couples who wish to marry, but are currently unable to do so because the Utah Constitution prohibits same-sex marriage. The Plaintiffs argue that this prohibition infringes their rights to due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The State of Utah defends its laws and maintains that a... More...    $0 (12-20-2013 - UT)

Kody Brown, Christine Brown, Janelle Brown, Meri Browan and Robyn Sullivan sued Gary Hebert, Jeffrey R. Buhman and Mark Shurtleff on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 seeking to prevent them from enforcing Utah's prohibition against co-habitation. The Browns are a polgyamous family that were the subject of TLC's reality series "Sister Wives". They claimed that the phrase "or coh... More...    $0 (12-15-2013 - UT)

¶1 Jason Douglas Woolums (Husband) appeals the district court’s order awarding alimony of $579 per month to Christine Woolums (Wife) for a period of time equal to the duration of the parties’ marriage. We affirm.

1. Judge William A. Thorne Jr. participated in and voted on this case as a regular member of the Utah Court of Appeals. He retired from the court before this decision issued.<... More...    $0 (09-26-2013 - UT)

¶1 Appellant Sonja Michelle Wolferts (Mother) appeals from three of the district court’s orders: the May 5, 2010 order enforcing contempt provisions; the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and 1Judge William A. Thorne Jr. participated in and voted on this case as a regular member of the Utah Court of Appeals. He retired from the court before this decision issued.

Wolferts v. Wolferts<... More...    $0 (10-03-2013 - UT)

One aim of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Oct. 25, 1980, T.I.A.S. No. 11,670, 1988 WL 411501, is to deter a parent dissatisfied with a current custodial arrangement from wrongfully retaining a minor child outside his or her country of residence while seeking a more favorable arrangement elsewhere. Unfortunately, the Convention did not deter Respondent S... More...    $0 (10-30-2013 - UT)

¶1 This case arises out of prolonged and complicated divorce proceedings. Dennis Goggin (Dennis) and Tamara Goggin (Tammy) separated in 2005, ending a marriage that had lasted approximately ten years. The couple has spent nearly the same number of years litigating their divorce. Throughout the process, Dennis has engaged in a variety of contemptuous and obstructionist acts and has repeatedly viol... More...    $0 (03-15-2013 - UT)

¶1 Appellant Jacob Michael Shovan appeals the district court’s issuance of a civil stalking injunction. Accordingly, the issues before this court are limited to a determination whether the district court erred in issuing the civil stalking injunction. To the extent that Shovan seeks affirmative relief regarding issues of child custody and parentâ€�time, those issues are not properly before this... More...    $0 (05-16-2013 - UT)