Taylor Frankie Paul declined her two exes\u2019 separate proposals that would only grant her 40 percent of child custody, Page Six has learned.<\/p>\n
A source close to the \u201cSecret Lives of Mormon Wives\u201d star says that both fathers, Dakota Mortensen and Tate Paul, recently offered her separate custody agreements that would have given each of them 60 percent custody while she retained 40 percent.<\/p>\n
According to the source, Taylor declined both proposals immediately and remains committed to pursuing what she believes is in the best interests of her children.<\/p>\n
Taylor Frankie Paul declined her two exes\u2019 separate proposals that would only grant her 40 percent of child custody, a source told Page Six. Disney<\/p>\n
The source noted that Dakota Mortensen and Tate Paul (the latter seen above with Taylor and their children) recently offered her separate agreements that would have given each of them 60 percent custody. taylorfrankiepaul\/Instagram<\/p>\n
The source says Taylor\u2019s response was: \u201cSo now I\u2019m suddenly capable of parenting 40% of the time? Couldn\u2019t be more obvious what this is really about\u2014and it isn\u2019t the safety or well-being of our children.\u201d<\/p>\n
The source added that the reality star, 32, is prepared to continue fighting for her children for as long as it takes. They also claim she is witnessing the fathers coordinating their legal efforts against her and that she looks forward to addressing those claims through the court and \u201ccan\u2019t wait to witness them lose.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cShe is continuing to get things together,\u201d the insider added. \u201cIt\u2019s unclear what\u2019s going to happen yet with her season of \u2018The Bachelorette,\u2019 but she has been receiving a lot of support online from other women.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taylor said, \u201cCouldn\u2019t be more obvious what this is really about\u2014and it isn\u2019t the safety or well-being of our children,\u201d according to the insider. She\u2019s seen here with Tate in 2020. taylorfrankiepaul\/Instagram<\/p>\n
The source noted that Taylor will continue fighting for her children. She shares 8-year-old daughter, Indy, and 6-year-old son, Ocean, with Tate; and son, Ever, 2, with Mortensen (not pictured). taylorfrankiepaul\/Instagram<\/p>\n
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According to our source, Taylor will also be on the forthcoming season of \u201cTSLOMW.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Taylor shares 8-year-old daughter, Indy, and 6-year-old son, Ocean, with Tate, whom she was married to from 2016 to 2022. <\/p>\n She shares another son, Ever, 2, with Mortensen. The exes dated from 2022 to 2026. <\/p>\n Last month, Tate filed for a temporary restraining order against the TikToker and sole custody of their kids, months after Mortensen received full custody<\/a> of Ocean and was granted a temporary order of protection.<\/p>\n According to our source, Taylor will be on the forthcoming season of \u201cThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.\u201d She is seen here with the cast in 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cShe is a survivor,\u201d a separate source previously told TMZ. She is pictured here in a promo shot for her canceled season of \u201cThe Bachelorette.\u201d Disney<\/p>\n An insider previously told TMZ that Taylor blamed Tate\u2019s filing on Mortensen, saying it was \u201ca direct result\u201d of her ex-boyfriend \u201ctelling Tate lies about her.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe feels Dakota will do anything to hurt her \u2026 including using the children, but she is a survivor,\u201d the source claimed.<\/p>\n Shortly after the filing, it was reported that Tate\u2019s request was denied.<\/p>\n Taylor has been embroiled in a tense custody battle with Mortensen for several months after video leaked of a\u00a02023 domestic dispute<\/a>\u00a0taking place between the estranged pair, who began their\u00a0on-again, off-again relationship<\/a>\u00a0in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul declined her two exes\u2019 separate proposals that would only grant her 40 percent of child…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[91,88,99909,90715,64613,92],"class_list":["post-793171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives","tag-taylor-frankie-paul","tag-the-bachelorette","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}