Dakota Mortensen is dating ‘Mormon Wives’ friend amid tumultuous Taylor Frankie Paul custody battle: report

Dakota Mortensen is making love “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” friend Shinia Powell amid his ongoing heated custody battle pinch his ex Taylor Frankie Paul, according to caller reports.

“Shinia has been a dependable root of support for Dakota done immoderate incredibly difficult times, particularly erstwhile he did not person contiguous family nearby,” a root told People connected Wednesday.

“Their adjacent relationship has people grown into thing more, and they are enjoying their clip together while thoughtfully navigating what that intends for them and their children.”

The root besides added that while nan budding caller mates understands their relationship whitethorn pull media attention, “they respectfully inquire that group stay mindful of their privateness and feelings arsenic they activity arsenic a squad to move guardant successful a patient measurement wrong an already tumultuous environment.”

Powell, who made an quality successful Season 4 of nan Hulu reality bid arsenic a friend of formed personnel Miranda Hope, is simply a mom to 2 children: a 6-year-old girl and a 4-year-old son.

Mortensen shares 1 kid — 2-year-old son, Ever — pinch Paul. The exes are presently duking it retired successful tribunal complete custody of their son.

Reps for Powell, Mortensen, and Paul did not instantly respond to Page Six’s petition for comment.

In nan astir caller update to their sordid ineligible saga, Utah’s Division of Child and Family Services revenge a petition connected July 13 requesting a juvenile tribunal find that Taylor’s 3 children (Ever, girl Indy and boy Ocean) — whom she shares pinch Mortensen and ex-husband Tate Paul — are “abused, neglected, aliases dependent,” reports People.

The section asked that nan tribunal bid protective supervision for nan children and name a guardian advertisement litem to correspond them.

Mortensen and Tate released a associated connection to nan outlet astatine nan time, saying they are some “deeply concerned that Taylor’s connection minimizes nan gravity of nan action revenge by DCFS and her galore underlying actions that prompted such.”

“Tate and Dakota stay focused connected protecting nan children, giving them nan clip and abstraction they request to heal, supporting meaningful accountability, and utilizing what their families person knowledgeable to thief amended coordination betwixt these systems successful nan future,” nan connection continued.

“Despite nan myriad mendacious accusations published online and connected societal media astir them by Taylor and others, Tate and Dakota person chosen not to participate successful nan often misconstrued societal media and different online activity surrounding their cases. They person remained silent to protect their children, not because they person thing to say. When nan clip is right, they will show their communicative successful their ain words successful nan due forum.”

An lawyer for nan 2 fathers added that they “share nan superior interest that nan family tribunal system, rule enforcement, prosecutors, and child-welfare agencies request meaningful coordination basal to understand nan business and enactment successful a mode astir apt to protect nan children.”

A root connected to Taylor responded saying: “Juvenile tribunal is backstage to protect nan children’s privacy, and nan different broadside leaking this accusation does nan nonstop opposite.”

“It speaks to nan motivations present — personification is intelligibly acting successful their ain interest, not nan children’s. This study besides leaves retired DCFS’s documented concerns astir nan different side, which are connected grounds successful territory tribunal and pinch rule enforcement. The juvenile tribunal will measurement each of that successful full.”

Taylor and Dakota person been embroiled successful a tense ineligible conflict for months aft Mortensen publically accused his ex of being physically violent pinch him connected a number of occasions.

In March, Mortensen petitioned nan courts for a protective bid against Taylor, who, successful turn revenge for a restraining order against Mortensen nan pursuing month.

They were some granted mutual protective orders against each other.