Utah influencer Taylor Frankie Paul must be supervised while visiting one of her children after a court commissioner said he was concerned about the reality TV star’s “volatile” behavior during interactions with the child’s father.

Paul and her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, appeared virtually in 3rd District Court on Tuesday as their lawyers argued over dueling requests for protective orders and new domestic violence allegations involving “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” cast members.

“I have concerns going both ways, quite frankly,” Commissioner Russell Minas said.

But after reviewing evidence — including a video Mortensen filmed during a 2025 fight between the couple — Minas ultimately granted Mortensen’s protective order request.

“Regardless, the reactions, even if he was trying to provoke a response [from her], are very troubling,” Minas said. “No thought [was] put into the effect this might have on the child. That weighs heavily with the court.”

For the next three weeks, Paul has supervised parent time for two days, up to eight hours per week. The court will reconsider the decision after another hearing on April 30.

Paul and Mortensen have been the focus of international headlines in recent weeks after TMZ published a video of Paul throwing metal chairs at Mortensen and hitting one of her children during a fight in 2023. Meanwhile, police in Draper and West Jordan opened investigations into domestic violence allegations involving the couple.

Mortensen filed the request for the order on March 19 after reports circulated of new domestic violence allegations that occurred in February. He was granted temporary custody of the couple’s son.

“It’s not safe for parties to communicate directly about this,” Daniela Diaz, Mortensen’s attorney, said Tuesday.

Paul has now filed her own protective order request.

Eric Swinyard, an attorney for Paul, argued that Mortensen had a “lack of credibility” and questioned the need for supervised visits, given that the couple reached a custody agreement six months ago.

Swinyard said these past few weeks had been “actual hell” for Paul and argued that supervised visits were equivalent to “throwing her scraps.”

“The child is safe with Taylor, the child thrives with Taylor,” Swinyard said.

Michael McDonald, a lawyer appointed to represent the child in the case, said that he believed Paul’s anger was “directed at Mortensen, not children.” Still, McDonald said he felt nervous about Paul’s “ability to control herself.”

Diaz stated that Paul tried to “involve the child in violence in order to get my client to react.” Asking for supervised visits is how Mortensen is “trying to protect his son,” Diaz said.

“That’s what this case is about,” she said.

Tuesday’s hearing also provided the first public details of the domestic violence allegations reported to Draper and West Jordan police.

Court officials said Mortensen filmed a video of a May 2025 fight in which he was holding one of Paul’s children while she pushed him.

Meanwhile, the couple has differing accounts of what happened before police were called to Paul’s Draper home after a “truck tussle” in February, Swinyard said.

Paul’s three children were inside sleeping when Mortensen arrived late on the night of Feb. 22 to talk about their relationship, Swinyward said. Paul got in Mortensen’s truck and then he drove away despite her protests, the attorney said.

Mortensen claims Paul threw a drink at him, Paul’s lawyer said. But Paul said that Mortensen grabbed her head, slammed it into the dashboard and struck her knee and elbow with his fist, Swinyard said.

Draper police have forwarded their investigation to the Salt Lake District Attorney’s Office to screen for charges.

Paul and Mortensen will return to court on April 30th, where the merits of their competing protective orders will be heard, alongside any new evidence from pending investigations.