An investigation was launched by the Ada County Sheriff’s Office and federal Drug Enforcement Administration, which landed an Ogden, Utah couple looking to sell heroin behind bars on January 18th. Although an Ogden Drug Possession Defense Lawyer-Attorney has not yet been appointed, Jaime Alonso Lopez-Barraza, 25, reportedly tried to sell more than 1 pound of … Continue reading →

A man was arrested  after throwing his 5-month-old daughter into the air and handling the child aggressively while walking several blocks down a West Side street, according to Chicago police. Although an Ogden Child Custody Attorney-Lawyer has not yet been appointed, the father, Lexton Jenkins, 22, was charged with four misdemeanors: endangering the life and … Continue reading →

Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a man accused of beating to death his 4-year-old stepson, using a hammer to disfigure his face and burying the body in the northern Utah mountains. Nathanael Sloop, 33,  is accused of beating Ethan Stacy for days before his death in May 2010. The boy’s mother, Stephanie … Continue reading →

 A woman by the name of Tiffany Lynn Klein is facing second-degree felony charges after she was caught taking $80 worth of Christmas cards without paying for them. She was arrested by Ogden police and booked in the Weber County Jail on Thursday. Klein is in the process of hiring an Ogden Theft Defense Lawyer Attorney. The … Continue reading →

Brandi Stilke, 28, an inmate of Utah State Prison, had been prepared to go to trial Nov. 20 in 2nd District Court on the custody issues regarding her 9-year-old daughter. However, the trial was cancelled when arrangements couldn’t be finalized to transport her from prison to the Ogden courthouse. “But we set up a new trial date, just in … Continue reading →

The Annie E. Casey Foundation estimates there are 15,000 children in Utah raised by grandparents or relatives. Terry Haven is the Kids Count Director at Voices for Utah’s Children. She says family caregivers are more likely to be poor, older, and unemployed, creating financial difficulties when petitioning for child custody in Utah. Jack Brown and his wife Martha … Continue reading →

With a changing American society filled with non-traditional families, kids can develop strong attachments and bonds to any of their caregivers.  These caregivers maybe grandparents, stepparents, same-sex parents, or other third-party de facto parents.  Utah’s Grandparents’ visitation rights statute allows the Court to examine the best interests of the child and the impact of the … Continue reading →

Should Utah Adoption Agencies be coaching mothers out of state on how to take away custody from biological fathers? Fathers Child Custody Rights groups in Utah (and in other states) are saying this practice is unfair “The idea that the birth mother can travel from any state to Utah and be in Utah for two or … Continue reading →

In September, Brandi Stilke was sentenced to a one- to 15-year prison term for the Feb. 23, 2011, car crash that killed her daughter, 3-year-old Aubree Jo Anderson from blunt force trauma to the head. Stilke was hospitalized briefly with a dislocated hip and cracked pelvis.. The father, Jared, of Plain City, and his family … Continue reading →