by Megan Fowles | Dec 12, 2025 | Criminal Defense, Utah Appellate Court Opinions
What Happened Qasim Abdul Qayum reached out to a profile on an adult dating app. The profile listed the user’s age as eighteen and showed photos of an adult woman. In reality, a police officer was operating the account as part of an undercover investigation. As the...
by Megan Fowles | Dec 10, 2025 | Criminal Defense
What a Guardianship Does A guardian is a court-appointed adult who takes on the legal authority to make decisions for a minor. This can include choices about schooling, medical care, housing, and day-to-day welfare. Utah’s guardianship laws for minors are found in...
by Bradley Henderson | Dec 9, 2025 | Criminal Defense, Expungements
Good Quality Is Always Expensive In 2011, the Air Force sent me to Argentina to teach the Law of Armed Conflict. While I was there, I went shopping, assuming prices would be cheaper than in the United States. They weren’t. When I asked why, our host shrugged and...
by Megan Fowles | Dec 5, 2025 | Criminal Defense
Parents wanted freedom. Prosecutors may see something else. The idea fit the state’s identity. Utah has long valued self-reliance. Many families live near mountains, rivers, and open space where kids grow up hiking, exploring, and testing limits. The law...
by Megan Fowles | Dec 4, 2025 | Criminal Defense
This guide explains the history behind Utah Code 76-5-109.4, why it was created, how prosecutors are using it, how it differs from traditional child-abuse laws, and why these cases are far more complicated than most people realize. It also explains how accidents and...
by Megan Fowles | Dec 1, 2025 | Criminal Defense
The Purpose Behind the New Law Lawmakers believed some situations went beyond child abuse and aggravated child abuse. They wanted a statute that captured: • exceptionally cruel conduct• exceptionally depraved conduct• a pattern of serious injuries• prolonged abuse...
