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"It's helpful to get married, if you want to get divorced." On the surface, this sentence seems obvious -- after all, you cannot get divorced in Utah unless you are married first. But the man who said this meant that cohabitation, or two unmarried adults living as a...
The former mayor of a Utah town who resigned in February after being arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving that month was formally charged with DUI on March 5. The case is an example of how a DUI arrest can impact a person's career even before the charges are...
Like virtually every other state, Utah has no-fault divorce. This means that, unlike in decades past, a couple can get a divorce without one spouse having to prove that the other "caused" the problems that led to end of the marriage. Similarly, when one spouse...
Newly released divorce figures reveal that splitting up in middle age is becoming much more common in Ogden and around the country. The number of "gray divorces," or divorces after age 50, doubled between 1990 and 2010. Though readers may assume that once we reach a...
The one-time Utah Highway Patrol "Trooper of the Year" whose staggering number of DUI arrests were later shown to be pumped up by numerous false arrests is creating more headaches for her former department. Two of the ex-trooper's former victims have filed lawsuits...
When an Ogden couple gets a divorce, they generally must decide what to do with their home. If they rented a house or apartment, then the issue should be fairly simple to resolve. But for those who purchased a home during the marriage, the house is part of the marital...
In this blog, we have discussed several times the case of a former member of the Utah Highway Patrol who was fired after an investigation revealed that she regularly arrested motorists for DUI even when the evidence suggested that they were not intoxicated in order to...
The American Journal of Sociology recently published a university research study that shows divorce rates are higher for unemployed men than women. According to the researchers, there is really very little difference in the divorce rates if the woman is employed or...
In Utah, prosecutors have the option of charging a defendant with felony drinking and driving if the defendant is arrested on suspicion of DUI and has two prior DUI convictions on his or her record. This is true regardless of if the current case involves injuries or...
A U.S. Army drill sergeant was recently awarded custody of his 22-month old daughter who had been put up for adoption by the baby's mother. The two parents were married at the time and the wife was pregnant. They have since gotten a divorce and a child custody case...
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