{"id":2484046,"date":"2026-07-01T20:30:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2484046"},"modified":"2026-07-01T20:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:30:42","slug":"judge-denies-taylor-frankie-pauls-ex-husband-tates-temporary-restraining-order-against-mormon-wives-star-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/judge-denies-taylor-frankie-pauls-ex-husband-tates-temporary-restraining-order-against-mormon-wives-star-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Denies Taylor Frankie Paul&#8217;s Ex-Husband Tate&#8217;s Temporary Restraining Order Against \u201cMormon Wives\u201d Star (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A judge has denied Taylor Frankie Paul&#8217;s ex-husband, Tate Paul, a temporary restraining order against her<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tate, who shares 8-year-old daughter Indy and 5-year-old son Ocean with the<em> Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em> star, 32, filed for the restraining order in Utah court on June 30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pair were married from 2016 to 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A judge has denied <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-frankie-paul-11928938\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Taylor Frankie Paul's;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Taylor Frankie Paul'&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Taylor Frankie Paul&#8217;s<\/a> ex-husband, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/where-is-taylor-frankie-paul-ex-husband-tate-paul-now-11926925\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Tate Paul;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tate Paul&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tate Paul<\/a>, a temporary restraining order against her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In her ruling, commissioner Kim Luhn wrote that Tate&#8217;s allegations were &#8220;based upon inadmissible hearsay, without any corroborating evidence,&#8221; adding that &#8220;many of the concerns, like the children not doing well in school and expressing sadness, will require ongoing attention not remedied with an emergency order changing custody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tate, 34, who shares 8-year-old daughter Indy and 5-year-old son Ocean with the <em>Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em> star, 32, filed for the restraining order in Utah court on June 30, per court docs previously obtained by PEOPLE.\u00a0He also filed a petition to modify the terms of their divorce and custody agreement. The former couple was married from 2016 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The commissioner also wrote in her July 1 ruling that, &#8220;contrary&#8221; to Tate&#8217;s claim that his &#8220;children are in immediate danger,&#8221; Taylor told the court that her ex-husband had left her with his kids during a week-long trip to Iceland in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tate and Taylor&#8217;s court battle follows news of an ongoing police investigation into whether Taylor violated a protective order against the father of her third child, Dakota Mortensen, 33, with whom she shares 2-year-old son Ever. A police spokesperson previously confirmed to PEOPLE that they were investigating an alleged protective order violation involving Mortensen and Taylor reported on June 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">News also broke on June 30 that Taylor had a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-frankie-paul-voluntarily-entered-rehab-facility-and-is-committed-to-getting-better-source-says-exclusive-11929457\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:temporary stay;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;temporary stay&quot;}\" class=\"link \">temporary stay<\/a> in a rehab facility. A source told PEOPLE that she \u201cchecked into a facility upon the recommendation of her doctor,\u201d adding that the stay was &#8220;voluntary&#8221; and that she has since departed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Taylor and Mortensen have been engaged in a contentious, high-profile legal battle after a pair of investigations were launched by Utah police departments in February into allegations that each acted violently during altercations that month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-frankie-paul-accuses-dakota-mortensen-of-slamming-head-dashboard-11932713\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Paul has accused Mortensen;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Paul has accused Mortensen&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Paul has accused Mortensen<\/a> in court of stalking and, on one occasion, slamming her head into the dashboard of his truck. Mortensen has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/911-caller-for-taylor-frankie-paul-recent-dv-case-said-there-were-injuries-11952039\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:submitted photographs;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;submitted photographs&quot;}\" class=\"link \">submitted photographs<\/a> of scratches and other physical injuries he allegedly received during altercations with Paul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As investigations were ongoing, Mortensen <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-frankie-paul-s-ex-dakota-mortensen-files-for-retraining-order-11930105\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:filed for a protective order;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;filed for a protective order&quot;}\" class=\"link \">filed for a protective order<\/a> against Paul, and she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-frankie-paul-files-for-protective-order-against-dakota-mortensen-11943946\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:filed for a protective order;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;filed for a protective order&quot;}\" class=\"link \">filed for a protective order<\/a> of her own several weeks later. The orders were <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-frankie-paul-dakota-mortensen-protective-order-hearing-results-11961537\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:mutually granted;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;mutually granted&quot;}\" class=\"link \">mutually granted<\/a> for three years on April 30. A judge on June 1 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-frankie-paul-dakota-mortensen-custody-results-11979048\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:granted;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;granted&quot;}\" class=\"link \">granted<\/a> Paul custody of Ever on the same midweek day each week without overnights, as well as alternating weekends.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Tate Paul and Taylor Paul.<br \/>Credit: Taylor Frankie Paul\/Instagram<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Amid Taylor&#8217;s public dispute with Mortensen \u2014\u00a0as well as the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-frankie-paul-throws-chairs-at-dakota-mortensen-with-child-nearby-in-leaked-video-11930003\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:public release;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;public release&quot;}\" class=\"link \">public release<\/a> of a 2023 video capturing a violent altercation between the pair and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-frankie-paul-bachelorette-season-canceled-11928901\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:ABC calling off;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ABC calling off&quot;}\" class=\"link \">ABC calling off<\/a> her already-filmed season of <em>The Bachelorette<\/em> \u2014 her relationship with Tate has grown more complicated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On June 3, he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-frankie-paul-s-ex-tate-paul-makes-rare-comment-about-their-co-parenting-relationship-11990933\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:wrote in the comments;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;wrote in the comments&quot;}\" class=\"link \">wrote in the comments<\/a> of a livestream hosted by Cru Eaton, Mortensen&#8217;s roommate, &#8220;My co-parenting relationship has been peaceful for the most part. &#8220;The last few months has been not so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Tate Paul and Taylor Frankie Paul pose for a photo together in June 2017.Credit: Taylor Frankie Paul\/ Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/2nO..SQt7OzEG_KLHgvjFA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTk2MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/69be39842bb6349eae77bf5785f786f7\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Tate Paul and Taylor Frankie Paul pose for a photo together in June 2017.<br \/>Credit: Taylor Frankie Paul\/ Instagram<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A source close to Taylor told PEOPLE at the time that she and Tate &#8220;have always been a strong team,\u201d adding, &#8220;The last few months have, of course, complicated their co-parenting dynamic, but they&#8217;re navigating it together. She&#8217;s committed to maintaining a strong relationship with him and tackling the challenges that have arisen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thehotline.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:thehotline.org;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;thehotline.org&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>thehotline.org<\/em><\/a><em>. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24\/7 in more than 170 languages.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-frankie-paul-ex-husband-tate-denied-temporary-restraining-order-exclusive-12010964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW A judge has denied Taylor Frankie Paul&#8217;s ex-husband, Tate Paul, a temporary restraining order against her Tate, who shares 8-year-old daughter Indy and 5-year-old son Ocean with the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 32, filed for the restraining order in Utah court on June 30 The pair were married from 2016 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2484047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[368055,367765,382230,354870,355054,378686],"class_list":["post-2484046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-dakota-mortensen","tag-frankie-paul","tag-protective-order","tag-restraining-order","tag-taylor-frankie-paul","tag-temporary-restraining-order"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Judge-Denies-Taylor-Frankie-Pauls-Ex-Husband-Tates-Temporary-Restraining-Order.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2484046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2484048,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484046\/revisions\/2484048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2484047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2484046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2484046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2484046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}