Utah Supreme Court, 1986

The Utah Supreme Court affirmed the summary judgment enforcing the Minnesota alimony‑arrearage judgment and affirmed the trial court’s award of permanent alimony. It held that the Minnesota judgment is entitled to full faith and credit and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in determining the amount of…

The court held that copies of felony-conviction records in a parole officer’s file were not authenticated as official records under the applicable evidence rule, leaving the State without proof of an element of the restricted-person weapon offense.