If you’re going through a divorce and you have young children, the COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity for you to teach your children how to cope with difficult times. It shows your ability to communicate with the other parent, and in turn teaches them they can communicate their fears and…
The COVID-19 Pandemic has given us an opportunity to fine-tune our coparenting skills. With your child going back and forth between households, it’s important to set up consistent rules to be followed by both households in order to keep everyone safe. If you’ve been staying home, aggressively washing your hands,…
Should You Trust Your Gut? We all know the importance of “trusting your gut,” which is really useful in many situations and an essential human survival instinct to protect us. But in the specific situation of domestic litigation, it is vital to put aside some of your emotions. Here’s an…
Everything seems to be going well with the marriage. Then one day, what you believed to be true, isn’t. Your spouse is cheating on you. The anger and betrayal you feel are all normal. So is the desire to make the paramour or other person pay. And it’s easy to…
The pandemic has affected our lives in so many ways. We scrub our hands so often we wonder if we are developing a compulsive disorder. We watch as strangers battle it out over the dwindling supplies of toilet paper, bleach, and antibacterial wipes. We worry and stress about our job…
It’s said that divorce is worse than death. But grief isn’t meant to be a contest. Still we ask: Who suffers more, the widow or the divorcee? What are the differences? How are they similar? Life after loss of a spouse is forever changed. Whether the result of illness or…
Talking with your spouse during divorce can be difficult. Maybe a lack of good communication was a contributing factor in your breakup. Now you may feel angry, hurt and overwhelmed. It’s a stressful time to say the least. In many cases, particularly those involving young children, you could be in…
A Look at Gardner v. Gardner 2019 UT 61 Fault in Utah Utah is NOT a “fault” state, which means that when Utah Commissioners and Judges are determining child custody or asset division in divorce, they don’t take into account if it was one spouse’s fault (like cheating); the at-fault…
How It Started As I celebrate the 5-year anniversary of CoilLaw, I reflect upon the things that led to me going from associate attorney to entrepreneur and being managing partner and owner at my own firm. In 2014, I had been working for large, prestigious firms for 7 years, but…
Parenting Plan Legal Custody is the decision-making process regarding your children’s major issues. A few years ago, the legislature made it so that the default is that both parties would have Joint Legal Custody. This means that you would create what’s called a Parenting Plan, which is basically a road…
