Legal Opinion
Wiese v. Wiese
Utah Supreme Court
Decided March 7, 1985No. 18715PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWE, Justice:
Plaintiff Carl Bruce Wiese appeals from an order of the district court that he pay child support for his stepson.
Our standard of review in divorce proceedings allows us to disturb the action of the trial court only when the evidence clearly preponderates to the contrary or the trial court has abused its discretion or misapplied , principles of law. Lord v. Shaw, Utah, 682 P.2d 853 (1984); Fletcher v. Fletcher, Utah, 615 P.2d 1218, 1222 (1980). Subject to those limitations, we are free to review both the facts and the law. Openskaw v. Openshaw, Utah, 639 P.2d 177, 178 (1981);…
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