Dakota Mortensen granted temporary custody of son | TV Shows
Dakota Mortesen has custody of his son (Image: Getty)
Dakota Mortensen’s request for temporary custody of his son with Taylor Frankie Paul, Ever, has been granted by a choose as the pair continues to be investigated following claims of home violence.
Dakota, 33, filed for temporary custody and filed a restraining order against his Secret Lives of Mormon Wives costar and on/off girlfriend, following the news that he and Taylor, 31, had been the themes of new allegations of home violence stemming from an incident in February.
Shortly after the new allegations, a video emerged of their 2023 altercation, which had beforehand been alluded to in their Hulu sequence, and ABC yanked Taylor’s season of The Bachelorette.
Now, following all the drama, it seems a choose has sided with Dakota after he shared his model of the occasions that unfolded during the February incident, and he has formally been granted temporary custody of their 2-year-old son, Ever True.
He was also granted a protecting order against Taylor.

Taylor Frankie Paul has misplaced custody of her son to Dakota Mortensen (Image: Getty)
According to People Magazine, the phrases of the protecting order filed on March 19 state that he may have “temporary custody” of Ever, with a listening to set for April 7, where Taylor might be allowed to inform her aspect of the story to the court.
“No parent time is allowed until the scheduled hearing,” the order reads.
It comes after the Draper City Police Department confirmed there was an open “domestic assault investigation” relating to the 2 on March 16.The spokesperson confirmed “allegations have been made in both directions” and “contact was made with involved parties on [Feb] 24th.”
GWN posted a 2023 video of Taylor attacking Dakota in entrance of her daughter, Indy. The incident was believed to be the same one referenced on the sequence premiere of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Dakota filed for a protecting order after their alleged new incident (Image: Instagram/dakotamortensen)
Following the release of the video, ABC pulled the plug on Taylor’s season of The Bachelorette, which was set to premiere on Sunday, March 22.
She then issued a assertion indicating that she had been a sufferer of years of abuse.
“Taylor is very grateful for ABC’s support as she prioritizes her family’s safety and security. After years of silently suffering extensive mental and physical abuse as well as threats of retaliation, Taylor is finally gaining the strength to face her accuser and taking steps to ensure that she and her children are protected from any further harm,” a spokesperson said.
“There are too many women who are suffering in silence as they survive aggressive, jealous ex-partners who refuse to let them move on with their lives,” the assertion continued. “Taylor has remained silent out of fear of further abuse, retaliation, and public shaming. She is currently exploring all of her options, seeking support, and preparing to own and share her story.”

Dakota claims taylor attacked him in entrance of Ever (Image: Instagram/Dakotamortensen)
In his submitting, Dakota detailed his account of the occasions between them in February.
He claims she choked him and he had to bodily take away her arms from his neck, that she shoved him into a window and struck him, and that he finally left with Ever and returned the next evening, which was when the second incident occured.
The second one noticed her allegedly throw a cellphone into the wall and attempt to block him from leaving by leaping into his truck and attacking him additional–and that she “made contact” with the passenger seat as he “pushed her away” to attempt and shield himself.
Dakota Mortensen granted temporary custody of son
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