Utah's high court upholds ex-mayor's case
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The Utah Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that allows the former mayor of Eagle Mountain to sue the city for legal fees incurred during his embezzlement trial.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports the ruling was issued on Friday. The ruling allows a civil lawsuit to go forward in 4th District Court.
In 2008, Brian B. Olsen was acquitted in a misuse of public funds case. Olsen sought $120,000 in legal fees from the city. He sued in 2009, claiming state law provides for the payment of legal fees when a public official is prosecuted and acquitted.
Eagle Mountain contests Olsen's demand for fees and contends he didn't seek didn't submit a timely request for the city to defend him at trial, as is required under Utah law.
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A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.