Utah Family Law Blog
Welcome to the BartonWood Family Law Blog, your trusted resource for insights, updates, and guidance on family law matters in Salt Lake City and throughout Utah. Kara Barton and Ashley Wood, are experienced attorneys dedicated to helping families navigate legal challenges with clarity and compassion. This blog offers practical information on divorce, custody, adoption, and more. Whether you’re just beginning your legal journey or looking for guidance along the way, we’re here to help you stay informed and empowered.
Your Annual Bonus May Affect Child Support Payments
December 2nd, 2020
Whether you’re paying child support in Utah or receiving it, you have a vested interest in making sure that the amount of child support payments is fair—both to you and your child. As you may know, child support in Utah is determined using the Ut…
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Categories: Child Support
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Marriage Annulment in Utah
November 6th, 2020
Most people who want to end a marriage in Utah need to do so through divorce. But in certain limited circumstances, there is another option: annulment. Annulment is the declaration that a marriage was null and void. Unlike a divorce, which terminates…
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Categories: Utah Divorce Law & Process
A Guide to Postnuptial Agreements in Utah
October 5th, 2020
Most people are familiar with the idea of prenuptial agreements, which help couples understand each other’s financial position and values before marriage, and if necessary, simplify the process of divorce down the road. But fewer have a solid under…
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Categories: Family Law Agreements
Dividing Debt and Divorce: Am I Responsible for My Spouse’s Debt?
September 14th, 2020
Divorce is sometimes referred to as “unwinding” a marriage, because it involves separating two lives that have grown together. Think about it: in a marriage, you may share a home, a social circle, children, assets, a pet and debt. And while your…
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Categories: Assets & Debt
Uncontested Divorce in Utah
September 1st, 2020
Divorce is never easy, even when both spouses agree that it’s necessary. That said, some divorces are easier than others. An uncontested divorce is probably one of the easiest ways to unwind your marriage—and often one of the least expensive, too…
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Categories: Utah Divorce Law & Process
When Can Child Support Deviate From the Utah Child Support Guidelines?
July 21st, 2020
In Utah, both parents have a duty to support their children financially. When parents are divorced or never married each other, that support is allocated using the Utah child support guidelines. The guidelines take into account the parents’ adjuste…
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I Lost My Job Due to COVID-19. Can I Modify Child Support?
April 30th, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting everyone hard. Even if you haven’t contracted the virus, your movements have been limited by it, and so have everyone else’s. In order to limit the spread of the virus, many businesses have been closed, hopefully…
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Categories: Child Support
Coronavirus and Your Parent Time: What You Need to Know
March 30th, 2020
In less than a month, the novel coronavirus has gone from a news story about a few cases in faraway countries to a global pandemic. As you read this, it’s likely that you know someone whose health or family member has been affected. Aside from the…
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How Divorce Affects Your Income Tax Filing Status
March 11th, 2020
The year after you divorce is filled with a number of “firsts” to navigate: figuring out a parenting time schedule, establishing new holiday traditions, planning family vacations with a family that doesn’t look like it once did. Then there’s…
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Categories: Assets & Debt
What is a QDRO (And Why Do I Need One)?
January 30th, 2020
If you are contemplating divorce, you already know that one of the issues you will need to navigate is the division of property. Chances are, you are thinking in terms of who gets what: who will stay in the house you’ve shared, who will take which…
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