This bill amends provisions related to family law actions.
This bill:
- addresses an order of attorney fees, costs, and witness fees in a family law action;
- requires a court to consider the ability of the parties to pay the costs, attorney fees, and witness fees for a temporary order in a family law action;
- requires the court to enter a specific finding as to the ability of the parties to pay costs, attorney fees, and witness fees for a temporary order in a family law action;
- requires a court to enter a specific finding as to why the court did not award fees or limited fees in a family law action;
- requires a court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs in an action to enforce custody, parent-time, child support, alimony, or division of property in a domestic case when the party prevails upon a claim or defense;
- amends the requirements for attorney fees for a petition to modify parent-time or custody; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 81-1-203, 81-4-501, 81-9-208