{"id":804862,"date":"2026-07-16T04:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804862\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T04:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:11:11","slug":"taylor-frankie-paul-department-of-children-and-family-services-files-petition-slamming-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804862\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul: Department of Children and Family Services Files Petition Slamming Her"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taylor Frankie Paul
\n Kids At Center of Abuse, Neglect Court Petition<\/p>\n

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Taylor Frankie Paul<\/a> is facing a new legal battle … ’cause Utah’s Division of Child and Family Services has filed a petition asking a juvenile court to find her three children are “abused, neglected or dependent” and order protective supervision … TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ … Utah DCFS filed the petition this week, asking the court to take jurisdiction over the “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star’s children with ex-husband Tate Paul<\/a> and ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen<\/a> and set the matter for an expedited hearing.<\/p>\n

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The filing asks a judge to find the children meet Utah’s legal definition of “abused, neglected or dependent children” and to order protective supervision services, appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the children and issue any additional orders deemed to be in their best interests.<\/p>\n

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The petition also references the family’s prior history with DCFS and ongoing custody matters involving the fathers of Taylor’s children as part of the agency’s request for court intervention.<\/p>\n

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The filing comes months after TMZ obtained photographs of Tate and Dakota crossing paths at a Utah courthouse in March. As we first reported, both men were there separately seeking protective orders<\/a> against Taylor.<\/p>\n

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Taylor’s legal reps tell TMZ … “It was recently decided that the ongoing custody actions would be best suited for juvenile court, a common step for families engaged in highly contentious, complex custody matters. Taylor is not deterred by this transition; she welcomes the added structure and oversight it provides and looks forward to continuing her progress toward normalizing custody and becoming the healthiest version of herself.”<\/p>\n

They continue … “Taylor remains fully committed to doing whatever is necessary to reach that goal and will not be swayed from it. Taylor appreciates the professionalism of DCFS and its representatives.”<\/p>\n

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The filing was submitted by the Utah Attorney General’s Office on behalf of DCFS and requests priority scheduling so the matter can move through juvenile court as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul Kids At Center of Abuse, Neglect Court Petition Published July 15, 2026 5:30 PM PDT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-804862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}