Abuse of Discretion

How is it that a justice court judge can toss a person with a mere infraction in jail and hold them all day based on another proceeding in another court, when that other court, A DISTRICT COURT mind you, has already decided not to put her in jail for the same matter?!?

This same judge unjustly held my same client for an entire day in the justice court's holding cell last month after a hearing based on nothing more than what I can assume was to "teach her a lesson"!

From what I understand and my own experiences, this judge in this particular court has a habit of tossing people in holding cells and holding them indefinitely for little or no reason.

Luckily for my client, Salt Lake County Jail is pretty full and they don't seem to be keeping anyone that is not a violent criminal. So for her, it's catch and release.

Homeless case

I have a custody case where there would technically be no proper venue or jurisdiction because all the parties have moved around so much in the last couple months. Luckily, the Utah statute allows a homeless case such as this one to be in Utah's jurisdiction if no state would have jurisdiction under Subsection 78B-13-201 (1)(a), (b), or (c) of Utah's Code.

So, we are moving to make it Utah's case and bring everything into the Utah courts.

Divorce & Partnership disputes one and the same...

Doing a divorce and managing a partnership dispute for a small business are pretty similar in so many ways. You have a lot of assets you need to discover and divide, resolution of outstanding mangement (read: child custody) issues, future payments of profits and alimony, not to mention the extremely vitriolic nature of these actions.