The Appellate Group

Canter v. Canter

Canter v. Canter, 2026 UT App 168 (Harris, J.)

FAMILY LAW

The Utah Court of Appeals held:

(1) The district court did not abuse its discretion in allowing accountant to testify as rebuttal expert where disclosure of expert was procedurally proper.
(2) The district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding alimony where court applied proper legal framework and where husband did not challenge any specific line-item amounts.
(3) The district court erred by not requiring husband to refund wife for half of attorney fees paid with pre-division marital funds.

Practice tip:

A party is not required to designate an expert as a case-in-chief expert before later designating the expert as a rebuttal expert.

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