{"id":407449,"date":"2026-05-01T22:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/407449\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T22:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:57:11","slug":"dakota-mortensens-return-to-slomw-highly-unlikely-after-tfp-court-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/407449\/","title":{"rendered":"Dakota Mortensen’s Return to ‘SLOMW’ Highly Unlikely After TFP Court Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’
\n Dakota’s Return Pretty Much DOA
\n After Custody Hearing<\/p>\n

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\n May 1, 2026
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If Dakota Mortensen<\/a> had any chance of returning to “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” with production looming on the horizon … it was pretty much torpedoed after the recent court hearing with ex Taylor Frankie Paul<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A source with knowledge tells TMZ … after yesterday’s custody hearing — where the judge extended the couple’s restraining orders<\/a> for three years — it’s highly unlikely Dakota will be appearing on future episodes of ‘SLOMW.’ We’re told the door is open for TFP to come back … but she’s yet to commit.<\/p>\n


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It all makes sense … Taylor is one of the stars of the popular Hulu series — it’s ‘WIVES’ after all — so that makes Dakota her plus-one. For the moment, it’s all moot because word is cameras are not even up yet after production was paused over the couple’s drama.<\/p>\n

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As we reported … the ‘SLOMW’ star and her ex had each filed protective orders following domestic violence allegations from both sides … and were in Utah court battling it out for full custody of their young son,\u00a0Ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The judge ruled to extend both protective orders for three years, but ultimately, no custody decision was made by the court … the two parties were told to continue to work toward mediation.<\/p>\n

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They will reconvene on June 1 and, in the meantime, will receive a recommendation in writing from the judge on parent time.<\/p>\n

As we first told you … Taylor\u00a0tried to seal<\/a>\u00a0Thursday’s hearing and keep the media out, but the judge rejected her request … paving the way for cameras in the courtroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Dakota’s Return Pretty Much DOA After Custody Hearing Published May 1, 2026 1:30…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-407449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}