Taylor Frankie Paul faces custody blow in court as judge is ‘concerned’ over her ‘volatile’ behavior

Taylor Frankie Paul was only granted “supervised” visits pinch her and ex Dakota Mortensen’s 2-year-old boy successful nan latest impermanent custody arrangement.

On Tuesday, a judge ruled that nan “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” prima is allowed to spot Ever for up to six hours per week until nan adjacent tribunal proceeding connected April 30.

“I’m concerned astir her volability,” nan judge said successful court. “When she snaps, location is value to it.”

The judge cited nan recently released 2023 video of Paul, 31, attacking Mortensen, 33, successful beforehand of her now 8-year-old daughter, Indy. At nan time, Indy was allegedly deed successful nan caput pinch a metallic chair thrown by Paul.

“She did not recognize that nan kid was being exposed,” nan judge claimed. “That’s 1 of nan concerns I person to reviewing nan videos.”

Mortensen’s lawyer echoed nan judge’s concerns, claiming that Paul experiences moments erstwhile she is “completely retired of control” and “reckless successful her behaviour towards nan children.”

“They hap to beryllium successful nan statement of fire. They will get harmed,” nan lawyer said.

Paul’s lawyer defended his client, stating that he was “concerned” astir Mortensen’s deficiency of credibility, citing really he allegedly slammed her caput into a car dashboard past month, per a caller restraining bid request.

“Dakota pushes buttons, he’s fantabulous astatine that,” nan lawyer claimed. “As agelong arsenic they enactment apart, past location is nary consequence to nan kid … nan kid is safe pinch Taylor, nan kid thrives pinch Taylor.”

Additionally, Paul’s lawyer claimed that she was “no risk” to her children.

An lawyer connected behalf of Ever besides said out, citing Paul’s beingness aggression toward Mortensen and really she could’ve called nan constabulary and asked for a trespassing complaint instead.

“Lack of full self-control. That really concerns me,” Ever’s lawyer said, agreeing to “supervised visits.”

The exes will return to tribunal astatine nan extremity of nan period to talk their abstracted orders of protection and custody of Ever.

Paul shares Ever pinch Mortensen, on pinch Indy and a 5-year-old son, Ocean, pinch her ex-husband, Tate Paul.

On March 20, Mortensen gained “temporary custody” of Ever pinch “no genitor clip allowed” for Paul aft he filed a restraining order against her, People reported.

The determination came arsenic Paul and Mortensen were being investigated owed to an alleged home altercation that occurred betwixt them successful February.

The Draper City Police Department told People that “allegations person been made successful some directions” and “contact was made pinch progressive parties.”

As nan investigation played out, filming for nan forthcoming play of “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” temporarily paused.

Additionally, 2023 footage of Paul hitting and throwing chairs astatine Mortensen surfaced, which antecedently led to nan TikTok prima being arrested and charged pinch 1 count of aggravated battle and 2 counts of home unit successful nan beingness of a child.

She besides received 1 misdemeanor count each of kid maltreatment and criminal mischief.

While nan Hulu prima pleaded blameworthy to nan aggravated assault, nan different charges were dropped.

Paul’s rep referred to nan clip arsenic “selectively edited” and called retired Mortensen’s “never-ending, desperate, attention-seeking, destructive run to harm Taylor without immoderate respect for nan consequences for their child.”

“[Doing this] connected their boy [Ever’s] day is simply a reprehensible effort to distract from his ain behavior,” the rep told Page Six.

Mortensen, meanwhile, denied nan “baseless claims” against him, telling us, “As anyone who has seen nan video will understand, this is simply a profoundly upsetting situation.”