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Whatever you think of Taylor Frankie Paul, most think considerably worse of her infamous exes.
Ex-husband Tate Paul’s latest filing seeks to unseal court records.
Specifically, it looks like he’s trying to gain access to her drug test results — and, perhaps, allow the world to know, too.
What does he have to gain from unsealing records that the court has already seen?
Tate wants to unseal Taylor’s drug test results
TMZ reports that Tate Paul has filed to unseal drug test results.
As many The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives fans are aware, he is the ex-husband of Taylor.
They share two children, Indy and Ocean.
Tate filed the request on Thursday, August 13.
The two parents remain locked in a bitter custody fight — on which critics have said is Tate’s attempt to take advantage of her bad publicity earlier this year.
Earlier this summer, Tate asked the court to grant him a restraining order against Taylor.
He claims that her behavior is erratic — increasingly so.
(Taylor has denied his allegations.)
Tate also reiterated his belief that he should be awarded sole legal and physical custody of both children.
For now, however, Taylor is allowed unsupervised visits with her kids.
What is the real purpose of this filing?
Weeks ago, the judge instructed Taylor to submit to drug tests.
(Though drug testing is not universal for custody cases, it is not uncommon in family court — especially when bitter exes are involved.)
If Taylor were to test positive on these tests, her visitations would then require supervision.
According to the report, all parties agreed to the drug testing and sharing the test results with the court.
If Taylor is still cooperating with the court and not testing positive on her screenings, it’s unclear what Tate hopes to gain.
We previously reported that Taylor — among others — believes that Dakota Mortensen, her more recent ex, is coordinating in some way with Tate.
TMZ‘s report details that Taylor may believe that Dakota is actively feeding disinformation to Tate to make this custody battle more contentious than it has to be.
(Dakota is waging his own custody war against Taylor.)
One can easily imagine a parent who believes that their child is in danger fighting in court. Apparently, Taylor believes that Dakota has engineered this through a campaign of lies.
However, it’s unclear why Tate wants these records unsealed. If the results were anything but clean, family court would have taken action.
You’d hate to think that this is just a move meant to harass Taylor during an already contentious legal process.