High-Asset & Complex Divorce in Lehi
Lehi’s professional households often hold the kinds of assets that make property division contentious. Getting the analysis and the drafting right is what protects your financial future.
Common financial issues in Lehi divorces include:
- Division or sale of a high-equity marital home and refinancing timelines
- Equity compensation, stock options, and RSUs vesting over time
- Retirement accounts and 401(k) growth during the marriage (divided by QDRO)
- Business ownership, self-employment, and variable income
- Separate vs. marital property where funds were commingled
- Allocation of marital debt
Child Custody & Parent-Time in Lehi
Utah custody decisions turn on the best interests of the child, separating legal custody (major decisions) from physical custody (the parenting schedule), and starting from a presumption that joint legal custody is appropriate absent abuse, neglect, or domestic violence. For busy Lehi families, the work is turning informal arrangements into clear, enforceable orders.
We help parents with:
- Joint and sole custody arrangements
- Detailed, conflict-resistant parent-time schedules
- Relocation issues (Utah’s 150-mile / 60-day notice rule)
- Custody evaluations and Guardian ad Litem cases
- Modifications and parent-time enforcement
Child Support, Alimony & Enforcement
Child support follows Utah’s income-shares guidelines, but disputes turn on how income is defined — bonuses, RSUs, self-employment, and earning capacity. Alimony is decided case-by-case on need, ability to pay, earning capacity, marital standard of living, and length of marriage, and generally can’t last longer than the marriage. After a decree, we handle enforcement when a former spouse won’t comply.
Divorce Mediation in Lehi
Utah requires most divorcing couples to attempt mediation before a contested case goes to trial — and when both sides are prepared, mediation is usually faster, less expensive, and less adversarial than litigation. Our LPPs can advocate for you in mediation, keeping costs down further. When the other side won’t deal fairly, our attorneys are ready for court.
understanding Utah Divorce Law
To file in Utah, you or your spouse must have lived in the state and the county for at least three months. Utah imposes a mandatory 30-day waiting period after filing, is a no-fault state (irreconcilable differences), and divides marital property by equitable distribution — fairly, though not always equally.