The Utah Code for Standard Minimum Parent-time is found at Utah Code Annotated 30-3-35 (and 30-3-35.3 if your children are less than 5 years old). Utah Code Annotated 30-3-35 was updated in 2010 and below we provide the most recent version, as of November 2010.

This code provision provides the basic parent-time schedule for the regular rotation of parent-time, holidays, snow days, and many other divisions of time and duties between parents, including the ability for third parties to provide transportation for parent-time. If you are subject to this provision by agreement or court order, it is well worth reading carefully or even coming into our office for an inexpensive ($25.00) consultation to have the code interpreted to apply to your particular circumstances. (more…)

In 2010, both the Fourth of July holiday and the Utah Pioneer Day holiday, on July 24th, fall on the weekend but courts and some places of business are closed on July 5th and July 23rd because of these holidays.  This is enough to cause parents to argue about what the holiday actually means when they look at their parent-time.

All we can do is direct parents to Utah Code Annotated Section 30-3-35 (2)(e), which reads as follows: (more…)