Things just keep getting worse for Taylor Frankie Paul.
On Wednesday, TMZ broke the news that Utah’s Attorney General filed a petition on behalf of the state’s Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) to find that the ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ star’s three children meet the criteria to be declared “abused, neglected or dependent.”
DCFS also requested that the court order protective supervision over the children and appoint them a guardian ad litem– a neutral guardian solely in place to protect the children’s best interest during a legal case. The Attorney General has asked for an expedited hearing.
Taylor shares two children– eight-year-old Indy and five-year-old Ocean– with ex-husband Tate Paul and two-year-old Ever with ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen.
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The petition claims that Dakota and Taylor agreed to work together with DCFS in March as part of ongoing domestic violence investigations. Both Dakota and Taylor have had home visits and been interviewed, as have Taylor’s oldest two kids.
The petition claims that in previous DCFS visits, the team had observed behaviors that caused them concern over the children’s safety and Taylor’s fitness as a parent. One incident occurred when Taylor “stormed out” of the home with her children and DCFS agents present after “looking up messages on social media.”
“The mother left DCFS alone in her residence, and DCFS had to lock up her home after she stormed out,” the incident report showed.
DCFS claims they’ve “addressed concerns with lack of progress in the child and family plan” in place for Ever, which was decided after the court granted Taylor supervised visits with him. (The Ashley has reported extensively on Taylor’s domestic violence allegations; click here to read the latest update.)
“[Taylor] stated that she is being treated unfairly because of her ‘status,’” the report continues. “Furthermore, when DCFS suggested the Families First Program Intervention, [she] became escalated and dysregulated. Ocean, who was in another room of the home coloring, heard his mother crying and told her to ‘take deep breaths’ and that ‘everything was going to be okay.’”
(The Families First Intervention Program is offered to families the department deems in need of behavioral intervention and helps parents to improve their communication, set and teach healthy boundaries, and find non-violent forms of discipline. This could also be referring to the state program offered to families DCFS sees to be at immediate risk of foster care placement.)
The report addresses concerns raised by Taylor’s court-ordered therapist about her “lack of investment in therapy.” Allegedly, when her therapist attempted to address why she wasn’t “taking therapy seriously,” Taylor got frustrated and explained that she “does not have time to attend therapy because she is very busy with work.”
The therapist treating Taylor allegedly told DCFS that Taylor did not seem dedicated to her program, and seemed to only be going to sessions because she felt like she had to. (Taylor apparently requested a new therapist because she felt she wasn’t being completely supported by the previous one.)
DCFS also stated that it witnessed Taylor become “dysregulated” when she was confronted about her “lack of progress with the child and family plan and the additional concerns regarding her mental health and emotional instability.”
“[Taylor] was unwilling to take accountability for her role in the domestic violence incident and continued to blame Mr. Mortensen for his role in the incident,” the report continued. She “did not see how any of the concerns are impacting her children and was focused solely on how things are impacting her.”
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On Thursday, TMZ released more info regarding the petition filed by Utah’s DCFS against Taylor.
The DCFS report states that Taylor allegedly told the DCFS caseworkers in May that her life coach, Kari, was “the only reason she was still alive,” and asked that Kari be allowed to conduct Taylor’s mental health and domestic violence assessments. According to the report, Taylor was told that Kari could not do the assessments, as she was not qualified.
During the same visit in May, the DCFS report claims that Taylor stormed out of the house and then told her caseworkers that she wasn’t suicidal. However, she also mentioned that they “should know who killed her if she ends up dead because she felt no one believes her.”
The report goes on to discuss the workload allegedly placed on Taylor’s eldest child, eight-year-old Indy. It alleges that Indy changes her little brother Ever’s diapers and prepares his bottles. She allegedly stated that hearing her mom and Dakota fight “makes her sad.”
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A caseworker also noted that they had observed Ever go to Taylor’s sister instead of Taylor— something the caseworker claimed “upset the mother because he was seeking comfort from his aunt instead of her.”
One month later, it was noted that Ever soiled his diaper but resisted when Taylor tried to change him and instead ran to his aunt.
In response to the petition, Taylor’s attorney released a statement to TMZ explaining that the petition was filed in juvenile court, which is “a common step for families engaged in highly contentious, complex custody matters.”
“Taylor is not deterred by this transition; she welcomes the added structure and oversight it provides and looks forward to continuing her progress toward normalizing custody and becoming the healthiest version of herself,” the attorney continued. “Taylor remains fully committed to doing whatever is necessary to reach that goal and will not be swayed from it. Taylor appreciates the professionalism of DCFS and its representatives.”
A source close to Taylor told TMZ that the report should have never been leaked to the press, and that it being leaked does not protect the kids’ best interest. The source also claimed that a lot of what was inside the DCFS report was left out.
“This is also based on incomplete information,” the source stated. “It leaves out DCFS’s documented concerns about the other side [the kids’ fathers], which are on-record in district court and with law enforcement. The juvenile court will weigh all of that in full.”
Stay tuned…
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Her kids are props to her. She uses her kids for photo ops and videos on tik tok to try and prove she is a good parent. She isn’t.
Reading this about her child trying to comfort her and regulate her adult emotions is heartbreaking. It reminds me of Jenelle and Barb. Jenelle losing it in the car saying “He is so mean to me!” and crying hysterically about Nathan. Sweet Jace in the backseat got such concern in his eyes and started to try and sing her a song to soothe her. (Something a parent should do for their child and not the other way around) She ignores him.
Then she goes to Barb’s and Jenelle and Barb start yelling at each other and Jenelle storms out of the house. Barb starts crying “I have done all this work on her baby shower and she is so mean to me”. So Jace says “It’s ok. I will help you”. and hugs her legs and she also ignores the fact that he is a child and needed her comfort in that moment.
Taylor is a narcissistic and abusive POS to everyone around her. If you don’t kiss her ass she loses it like a kindergartner on the playground. I feel for these kids because she does not put their needs and emotions first. She puts hers above all and always has. It’s refreshing that DCF is actually trying to help the kids. Wish they would have done that for Jace, Kaiser and Ensley.
It seems like Taylor is far more interested in LOOKING good for social media and the public, rather than DOING good for her children. Having them removed from her life would do an incredible amount of good for them yes, but for her as well.
I’m sorry but off topic, her face looks sooo strange to me.
she looked like a pretty dog that turned human to me when i first saw her in the bachelorette pictures
Somebody said she looks like Francine from Arthur and I can’t unsee it.
Idk why she’s on tv or being made as a big deal. It’s certainly isn’t her looks. First time saw her I thought that she resembles a monkey with down syndrome. It must be her lack of morals, values and respect that made her famous. Godd for trash tv I guess.
I feel the same way, and I don’t mean it in a rude way. She’s pretty, but it’s almost like she’s AI generated. There also seems to be a disconnect in her eyes.
her flared nostrils, fluffy near-unibrow and black void eyes make for a very…simian lewk! 🐵
as others have said, it’s giving an arthur character, although the arthur characters are actually cute. 🤷🏼♀️
Am I the only one who is confused how the concentration and this level of DCFS involvement is only around her storming off and being unserious about her obligations to the court and Children services when all of this should have started immediately when she threw the chair at her ex that hit her daughter? I feel like they are concentrating on the wrong damn things and those should be the support on the main issue being she is reactive and dangerous when angry or “dysregulated” as they call it. That show better fire her until she gets her life together.
there was an investigation at the time and tate had full custody of the kids for six months until taylor did all the things she was required to do to get them back and of course it unfortunately didn’t stick, but tbh i wouldn’t be surprised if they’re more on top of certain situations like these now because of ruby franke and jodie hildebrandt especially since taylor’s so attached to her life coach these days
Tate had full custody or Dakota? I thought only Dakota had custody of Ever but the Judge turned down Tate’s move for full custody.
i’m referring to the 2023 arrest where she hit dakota and her daughter indy with the barstool when she lost custody and tate had full custody of indy and ocean, ever wasn’t born yet
I just cannot figure out how she didn’t go to jail for the chair throwing incident being it was caught in video. Pretty privildge and money will get you out of almost anything and that’s not the way it should work damnit.
Priviledge. I was so mad I lost the ability to spell for a second.
I totally agree with being pissed! It’s privilege and that’s how I know you’re still mad, as are those of us who haven’t been sucked in by Marketing Master Taylor Felon Paul 😂😜😘
That is just the information released, she has done much worse for the court to take these steps. My best friend is a social worker and she explained it to me.
I got the impression these were just a couple of instances to show her behavior. I would not believe these are the only ones.
While I agree Taylor is a garbage mom and Dakota a terrible dad (not sure about Tate) this should never have been leaked. Why was it leaked? Because in a theocracy, which Utah has always been, the cardinal rule is you don’t embarrass the church which Taylor and her band of idiots have done repeatedly. Hence they want to embarrass her in return which is beyond unprofessional and not in the best interest of any of the children or anyone else involved.
why does this have a lot of downvotes when it’s true?? of course there should be an investigation going on but it’s not in the kids best interest for these details to be shared to the public, they’re already experiencing so much trauma because their parents can’t get it together no need to add more salt to a wound
I live in Utah, and while I don’t personally know anyone involved, many people I know are close with Tate’s parents. He comes from a great supportive family, and I’ve heard he has tried repeatedly for full custody. I hope the courts find it in the best interest to give Tate custody. Those kids deserve to have a happy, healthy life with a parent who loves and supports them.
Taylor has gotten too big for her britches. I hope she will sincerely do the work to manage her mental health and emotional regulation, instead of her seeming current habit of blaming everyone else when things go poorly. Nobody enjoys being around a person who is hell-bent on being a victim in problems they create.
Since you know Tates parents, do they like Taylor? Was Taylor always like this when she was married to Tate? Or just Dakota?
Seriously? They expect her to attend therapy? Do they not understand her extremely busy crash out on the internet schedule? Outfits have to be planned, just the right amount of make-up applied to achieve the “I’m so tragic” look. Then she has to work herself into a suitable state to cause maximum drama. This takes work ppl!!!! As if she has time for being a parent or doing therapy with all this going on, ffs.
She couldn’t even control herself while DCFS there? Im glad it sounds like CPS is on the ball there. I hope the fathers are better parents, but if they chose to procreate with that they did not have much foresight.
Oh maaaaaan. She is so much more messy than I thought and that’s probably not even the worst of it.
Sad for those children.
idgaf how dramatic this sounds but you’re automatically a bad parent if you have to rely on your children for emotional and physical help when you’re perfectly capable of doing it on your own or have family, friends, and resources for an actual adult to help when you’re not doing too good! idk why anyone would ever say people are jealous of taylor because why would anyone want the life she’s currently living???