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.
What is Parental Alienation?
May 23rd, 2019
Even the most amicable divorce can be hard on the young children of the divorcing couple: routines get disrupted, there’s shuttling back and forth between two homes, and things just aren’t like they used to be. But when parental alienation enters…
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Categories: Parenting and Parent Time
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Planning for Summer Vacation With Your Children After Divorce
March 29th, 2019
“Summertime, and the living is easy.” Whoever first penned those words wasn’t a recently divorced parent with kids, who has a limited amount of vacation time, custody issues, and an ex-spouse who may or may not be cooperative with their plans.…
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Categories: Parenting and Parent Time
If Your Spouse Hid Assets in Your Divorce
March 4th, 2019
Divorce involves an unwinding of two lives that have been entwined and grown together, perhaps for many years. Part of the process of making your two lives separate again involves distributing the marital property and debt. In Utah, you and your spou…
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Categories: Assets & Debt
How Detailed Should Your Parenting Plan Be?
January 30th, 2019
Creating a parenting plan is an essential part of any divorce involving minor children, or case in which child custody is an issue. Your parenting plan is the “private law” of your co-parenting relationship, outlining everyone’s rights and resp…
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Categories: Parenting and Parent Time
Ruff Times: Who Gets the Dog in the Divorce?
December 28th, 2018
Your pet is a member of your family. Maybe you even refer to him or her as your “fur baby.” Pets are a source of unconditional love and comfort, especially when you’re going through a divorce. But who gets the dog in a divorce? Alth…
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Categories: Pets
Navigating the Holidays After Divorce
December 3rd, 2018
Ah, the holidays, when everything sparkles and glitters, and the air is filled with expectation. Certain TV channels devote their entire lineup to romantic Christmas movies and tales of family togetherness, and radio stations play Christmas songs non…
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Categories: Parenting and Parent Time
Can Divorce Be Good for Children?
October 30th, 2018
Most of us know of an unhappy couple who stayed together longer than they should have “for the sake of the children.” And just about everyone has heard a report or study talking about how bad divorce can be for children: disrupting stabil…
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What to Do if Your Ex Isn't Following Your Divorce Decree
September 28th, 2018
Your divorce decree, at least one judge has said, is the “private law of your divorce.” These are the rules that you and your ex have agreed (or a judge has decided) are going to govern every aspect of your dealings post-divorce. Your div…
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Gray Divorce: What You Need to Know
August 24th, 2018
While divorce rates have declined in the population at large over the past few decades, they have doubled for Baby Boomers and others over the age of 50. Divorce is difficult for couples of any age, but it poses unique challenges for those in this ag…
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Categories: Utah Divorce Law & Process
Will I Get Alimony in My Divorce?
August 2nd, 2018
One of the questions many people ask when facing the end of their marriage is, “Will I get alimony in my divorce?” For Utah residents, the answer is, “Quite possibly.” Let’s take a look at the law around alimony (also ca…
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Categories: Alimony