Overview
- Taylor Frankie Paul filed a temporary protective order on Tuesday in Salt Lake County, roughly an hour before a hearing on Dakota Mortensen’s existing order against her.
- Following Tuesday’s hearing, Commissioner Russell Minas ordered supervised parental visits for Paul and set the next court date for April 30.
- Mortensen currently holds temporary custody of their 2-year-old son under his March 19 order while details of both temporary orders remain sealed.
- Draper and West Jordan police confirmed open domestic-violence investigations involving both Paul and Mortensen, including a February 2026 dispute and a separate 2024 incident under review.
- In her new filing, Paul alleges a pattern of abuse by Mortensen and describes a February dashboard incident, as the controversy continues to cost work with ABC pulling her filmed Bachelorette season and Hulu pausing The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.