The judge made a big decision about Taylor Frankie Paul and ex Dakota MortensenAn ongoing legal battle.
“This has been a very toxic relationship. It's more than pale in many ways, it's toxic,” said the judge during the defense decision hearing on Thursday, April 30, regarding the custody arrangement of the two. “What I have seen in evidence is the posting [the] final hearing, there seems to be an ongoing attraction they have for each other. … You guys should get a lot here. You have to figure out how to work as parents. “
A judge issued orders of protection for both Paul, 31, and Mortensen, 33, and ordered each party to stay 100 feet from each other.
“I hope you are not successful people in sports and art, you should put your child first and protect the child in this fight,” said the judge before speaking in court. “I'm going to leave the current order in place. I need to think a little bit about this removal of supervision. I have mixed feelings about it.”
During the ruling, the judge called Paul and Mortensen's relationship “dysfunctional” and urged them to work on themselves for the sake of their child.
“You are linked together for the rest of your life,” explained the judge. “You're modeling how to deal with conflict for a 2-year-old.”
Regarding previous evidence of Paul and Mortensen's domestic disputes, the judge expressed the belief that “there was mutual violence between these parties.”
“Now the difference, I think, is that with Taylor, her behavior is very active. Dakota knows what to do, to get under her skin, so she reacts,” said the judge. “I think [Dakota is] just to chat. I think in a subtle sense, maybe it's one way of putting it. “
A judge has issued a major ruling in the legal battle between Taylor Frankie Paul and ex Dakota Mortensen. “This has been a very toxic relationship. It's more than pale in many ways, it's toxic,” said the judge during the defense decision hearing on Thursday, April 30, regarding the custody arrangement of the two. “What I saw […]
The judge added that she would not rule on the disciplinary aspect of their case, explaining, “If I continue to monitor Taylor's parenting time, I am concerned that Dakota may try to use that as a way to manipulate and control her.”
Paul for a while he lost his arrest of 2-year-old son Ever in early April, stemming from a series of back-and-forth allegations of domestic violence between the former couple. He was allowed eight hours of supervised visitation with Ever each week. (Taylor also shares daughter Indy, 8, and son Ocean, 5, with ex-husband Father Paul.)
Us Weekly confirmed in March that Utah police had opened an investigation into Taylor and Mortensen after an alleged altercation in the past few weeks.
“There's a lot of context to everything and it's unfortunate,” they said Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star he told Us last monthdenying the allegations made by Mortensen. “It was difficult. It's painful to be in this position. Even the mother that I am, it's something that I will always stand by. I believe that I am a good mother and I treated my children well.”
Dakota Mortensen, Taylor Frankie Paul
Fred Hayes/DisneyMortensen was then granted a temporary protective order against Taylor, barring those from the office from contacting each other and giving him custody of Ever. Taylor has requested his own restraining order against Dakota, which was also granted.
Police later refused to charge against Taylor for this incident.
“Taylor feels that he will go back on this, especially since he will not have any charges against him,” the source said. you are only told Us on April 17. “He knows his legal battle is far from over but he feels like he's won a little bit.”
Mortensen, on the other hand, later issued a statement.
Taylor's attorney Frankie Paul has shared new details about the alleged domestic violence that took place between the reality star and former singer Dakota Mortensen in February. Paul, 31, and Mortensen, 33, appeared in court on Tuesday, April 7, to discuss Mortensen's visitation after Mortensen was granted temporary custody of their 2-year-old son, Ever. In the middle […]
“In the past few weeks, I took a step back and had time to separate from the chaos. That space was a breath of fresh air and gave me clarity,” she wrote via Instagram on April 20. “My focus is now where it should have been all along—on my son and creating a stable, healthy environment for him to move forward.”
He went on to say, “I'm sorry I didn't get out of the difficult cycle sooner. I'm not perfect, and I'm responsible for my part. I'm very sorry to those who hurt me. At the same time, I don't agree with the way this situation has been portrayed publicly. It doesn't show the full context of what happened or the impact it had on me and my son.”
Taylor was previously arrested in February 2023 after a separate domestic violence incident with Mortensen. He pleaded guilty to another count of aggravated assault as part of a plea deal to drop charges related to child abuse. Taylor was then put back on probation.
Footage of the 2023 altercation leaked in March, in which Taylor punched and threw chairs at Mortensen in front of his daughter.
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential support.
