The insider said: “She’s committed to getting better.”
Taylor Frankie Paul recently completed a voluntary rehab stay amid her legal battle with ex Dakota Mortensen. Photo / Getty Images
Not only that but “the people around Taylor want her to get help and get better”.
The source said: “Everyone is just trying to protect the kids.”
Taylor is also mum to 2-year-old son Ever, whose dad is Mortenson.
In April, Taylor and Mortensen were granted mutual protective orders against each other for the next three years.
The exes are both claiming the other acted violently in a series of altercations in February, with Commissioner Russell Minas making the ruling, adding at the time the pair can’t be in the same place together for long before “it turns violent”.
It was the first time Taylor and Mortensen had appeared in public together since the news broke of domestic violence investigations.
Minas said: “I’m finding that there’s been violence both ways between these parties.”
Describing their dynamic as “toxic” and “dysfunctional”, he urged Taylor and Mortensen to put their son first, while reminding them that they will be “linked together for the remainder of [their] lives”.
He said: “You guys have to figure out a lot here. You have to figure out how to function as co-parents.”
Minas described that as the former couple’s “legacy”, insisting that how they “deal with conflict” could “affect” Ever as he grows up.
The commissioner also noted that for the time being, “what’s best” for Ever is to make sure his parents are not allowed to “be in the same place at the same time”.
In response to the ruling, Taylor’s lawyer Eric M. Swinyard told People magazine that the decision was a “significant step forward”.
“Taylor was incredibly candid with the court that she is not perfect and owned her faults, which is in direct contrast to how the other party presented their argument, despite evidence and input from law enforcement that showed otherwise,” he said.
“Taylor feels solidarity with the many survivors who have endured similar hardships behind closed doors and shared only part of their stories.”
The attorney also said Taylor “remains grateful for the outpouring of support she continues to receive” and “looks forward to continuing to co-operate with the court to make progress in the custody case”.
Police previously declined to press charges on the domestic violence allegations.
Utah’s Draper Police Department told Deadline in a statement: “After reviewing reports and evidence submitted to the Draper Police Department and West Jordan Police Department, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office has declined to file charges against Taylor Frankie Paul.”