Salt Lake City Family & Dvorce Law Blog

With the holiday season underway, many families want to prepare for the time they will spend together. Of course, if Utah parents are going through divorce, they may be more focused on finding the right child custody arrangements, which often includes dividing holidays. Because each family is different, each custody arrangement also differs.

If parents have a particular arrangement they would like to reach, they may have a challenging time ahead when it comes to reaching those goals. However, parents can take steps to help themselves appear favorable to the court. In particular, it is important that parents take the time to understand how to act in the courtroom, what to wear and how the court's perception of them could affect their cases.

Most Utah parents going through a divorce want to make sure that their kids do not suffer unnecessarily from the process. Child custody agreements can sometimes cause contention, but if parents can work together, they may be able to take advantage of arrangements that can help the kids through the transitioning phase. In particular, parents may want to look into birdnesting.

Birdnesting is a trend that has recently become more popular. This arrangement involves keeping the family home, and rather than having the children go from house to house for each parent's parenting time, the kids stay in one home and the parents rotate in and out. While this arrangement may cause less stress for the kids, it can still be tricky to pull off as it often means keeping up three residences as the kids stay in one and each parent has his or her own to live in.

When charged with a crime, exploring the various criminal defense strategies often proves useful. In some cases, individuals may choose to take advantage of offered plea deals, as they could allow them to reach agreeable outcomes to their cases that they may otherwise not have achieved. This option was recently utilized in a Utah case.

Reports indicated that the case began when a now-former evidence clerk was suspected of being under the influence of drugs while on the job. The woman allegedly stated that, while working as an evidence clerk, she had developed a methamphetamine addiction, which compelled her to purportedly steal drugs from the evidence room for approximately three years. The woman was first suspended from her job and then terminated. 

Though many drunk driving cases occur every year, each case is different. When a driver is facing charges for DUI, it is important that the individual focuses on the details of his or her case and how they could impact a defense. In some incidents, a driver may simply be stopped by police and charged, and in other cases, allegations could result from a serious accident.

One driver is currently facing serious charges after a recent fatal crash in Utah. Reports stated that the driver of a dump truck was heading west when the truck drove over the dividing barrier and into the eastbound lanes. The dump truck collided with the driver's side of a pickup truck, which was carrying six individuals. Three of those individuals were ejected from the truck, and all six suffered fatal injuries. Two individuals in an SUV suffered injuries after crashing while trying to avoid the initial collision.