Felt Family Law

Just when you and your children have finally settled comfortably into your post-divorce lives, an amazing thing happens. Your employer rewards all your hard work with a promotion. Congratulations! However, as with so many things that seem completely wonderful at…

When an unmarried woman has a child, the mother is legally granted parental responsibility. This means the father has no legal rights to the child without first obtaining a court order. In other words, the courts do not automatically consider…

How Can You Avoid Your Loved Ones Dealing with Probate? Or practice works with families that are going through divorces and child custody battles. We understand the hardship and stress this places on parents and children involved. Family matters are…

Do Both Spouses Need Divorce Lawyers? When couples decide to get a divorce, they may have many questions about the process. Filing for divorce can be time-consuming and frustrating, but there are things you can do to make the process…

Social conventions concerning last names have changed significantly in the last century. Utah courts have used these changes to answer the issue of what a child’s surname should be, especially in divorce or child custody disputes. When parents fight over…

By Anna Kennedy – Law Clerk at Felt Family Law & Mediation All contested divorce or child custody cases start with one vital step: serving the Petition to the other party, which means sending the other party an official copy…

Protecting Your Personal Injury Settlement During Divorce Enduring divorce can be a complicated process that will require you and your soon-to-be-ex to develop agreements around critical aspects of your life. Sorting out custody agreements, assets, and property is often challenging.…

With many schools shutting down and hospitals running out of capacity due to COVID, the dangers from the resurging number of COVID cases feels more alarming than ever before. The risk of COVID spread is especially high for people traveling…

By definition, divorce mediation is when two soon-to-be former spouses try to arrive at agreements together with a mediator present. This mediator is to be an unbiased third party that helps the spouses end their marriage in the most amicable…

There are two kinds of child custody in Utah – Legal Custody and Physical Custody. This article addresses Physical Custody. Within the physical custody spectrum, parent time can follow many different parent-time plans. For joint physical custody, Utah courts should…