The Division of Child and Family Support represents the State Office of Recovery Services in doing the legal work necessary to ‘promote responsibility’. We help ensure that parents are financially responsible for their children by providing child support services and support for children in care.

This work includes child support, enforcing child support orders, and recovering benefits. We also work to help ensure public funds are used appropriately through the efforts of our Bureau of Medical Collections.

In this edition of Legally Speaking, listen to Section Director Will Miller and Assistant Attorney General Ben Stoneman as they address important questions about what the office does and its significance for Utah families.

Carol Verdoia has served as a valuable leader at the Utah Attorney General's Office's Child Protection Division for 33 years. In conjunction with the state Division of Child and Family Services, our attorneys and staff ensure the immediate protection of Utah children. It is our goal to eradicate abuse and neglect from the home.

During this edition of Legally Speaking, Carol discusses her work at the office, how the rigors of child protection have changed, and how the state is adapting.

In our society, having a driver's license is an essential part of living. Now imagine losing that privilege.

Thousands of Utahns experience that every year when their license is taken away. This can happen in a variety of ways. In the case of revoking or suspending a license, however, it is a completely different story.

The Attorney General's Office represents the Driver's License Division's legal needs concerning this drastic step. Usually, these actions target people who violate the law so badly that they are in a bind.

Rebecca Waldron, one of our Assistant Attorney Generals, is here to provide information on how these cases are handled by the state and how the process works.

Tis the season to rip off retailers? Join us for this December edition as Richard Piatt interviews Detective Steve Jensen, Special Agent with the AGO CASE Strike Force Team. Learn more about why retail theft is common in Utah and why CASE and Operation Holiday Steal are part of the solution. 

Learn more about the Ralph Menzies case and why Utah is seeking a death warrant. Erin Riley, the Capitol Coordinator for the state, and an Assistant Attorney General for Utah, joins Richard Piatt in this episode to speak more about the Menzies case in detail and Utah's execution process.

How will Utah's roads accommodate for future massive growth? In this episode, we talk with Mark Burns, Director of Utah's Highways & Utilities Division, about the legal considerations that surround the creation and maintenance of roads and highways in Utah.

In this podcast, we explore the danger of sextortion on the internet today, a threat that affects both adults and children. Listen in as we speak with Sarah Lundquist, a special agent who specializes in sextortion cases. Discover what sextortion is, its prevalence, and ways to combat it.

The Utah Attorney General’s office was one of the first in the nation to crack down on Organized Retail Crime. Today, we speak to James Russell, an investigator dedicated solely to ORC about our leadership to fight the brazen, costly and common crimes that take a toll on everyone.

We begin our series on the Criminal Justice System with a look at how policy is created—a look behind the scenes from Assistant Solicitor General Christopher Bates.  Christopher previously worked on the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee and has a first hand point of view about creating effective policy about policing and community relations.