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In most contested Utah divorces, mediation isn't optional. After a contested answer is filed, the parties must participate in at least one mediation session, the mediator must be court-qualified, and the first session is typically required within 45 days. If you're reading this in the middle of a…
You may be sitting at your kitchen table with two stacks of paper. One is from the divorce. The other is from creditors. Both feel urgent. Both affect the same paycheck, the same house, the same credit cards, and the same future. That combination makes people feel trapped….
You open the envelope expecting the usual. A will, maybe a trust summary, maybe instructions from the lawyer who handled the paperwork. Instead, you find a document that doesn't fit the person you knew. A parent who always said all children would be treated equally leaves nearly everything…
Most employer 401(k)s are fully protected in bankruptcy, and that protection generally applies whether the account holds $100 or $1 million. The catch is that the protection is strongest while the money stays inside the qualified 401(k), so what you do before filing can matter as much as…
Utah doesn't have a state estate tax, and for 2025 the federal transfer threshold is $13.99 million per decedent. That means most Utah families use trusts less to cut estate tax and more to avoid probate, keep control over how assets pass, and create tax planning only when…
Trust and estate litigation in Utah is the formal probate court process used when a dispute over a will, trust, fiduciary, or an incapacitated person's affairs can't be resolved informally, and it matters because Utah judges report that undue influence challenges at trial succeed only 15% to 16%…
You may be sitting in a familiar Utah position right now. You've built a medical practice, accumulated rental properties, sold a business interest, or have reached the point where “I should protect what I've built” no longer feels optional. Then the internet gives you two very different answers….
Yes, you can file for bankruptcy if you owe the IRS in Utah, and it can wipe out certain older income tax debts if the debt is older than three years, the return was filed at least two years before filing, and the IRS assessed the tax at…
No. After death, the will itself usually can't be rewritten, and in Utah a formal will contest typically must be filed within three months of the probate order if the will has already been formally probated (Utah Code § 75-3-408). What can sometimes change is the outcome through…
Only about 3% of wills filed in the U.S. are disputed, and a widely cited estimate says under 10% of will contests succeed, with some legal commentary putting the success rate at about 1%. That means many individuals will never face a will contest, and many who threaten…
