A divided Utah Court of Appeals enforced its prior mandate in a divorce dispute, reversing a post-remand award tied to investment-account appreciation while affirming the revised alimony analysis.
The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of a homebuyer’s fraud, unjust-enrichment, and contract claims after financing failed and the builder retained $131,000 in deposits.
The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed title to a disputed strip under boundary by acquiescence, holding that decades of occupation and mutual recognition supported the judgment.
The Utah Court of Appeals upheld substantial child-support and alimony awards but remanded because the property division effectively made one spouse pay part of the other’s attorney fees without the required findings.
The Utah Court of Appeals vacated a methamphetamine-possession conviction after the jury heard the offense level and a prosecutor inaccurately minimized the likely punishment, errors that could have encouraged conviction in a close constructive-possession case.
The Utah Court of Appeals reversed enforcement of a property-dispute settlement because unresolved facts about an agricultural easement’s width and location prevented a legal determination that the parties agreed on essential terms.
The Utah Court of Appeals held that a trust provision requiring principal distributions on the settlor’s written request gave her an unrestricted withdrawal power that prevailed over an irrevocability clause.
The Utah Court of Appeals held that an original subdivision survey’s monuments control over conflicting plat measurements and ordered title to a disputed wedge quieted in the Boyers.
The Utah Court of Appeals held that a later garnishment mooted a challenge to contempt-based collection, while remanding for findings fixing the amount of daycare arrears.