Reduced charge in family spat
A couple accused of kidnapping their 20-year-old daughter on the eve of her wedding pleaded guilty in Provo to a reduced charge and a judge ordered mental-health professionals to evaluate them for actions he called “clearly irrational.”
Julia Redd, 58, and husband Lemuel, 60, pleaded guilty to custodial interference, a misdemeanor, capping the legal end of a family spat over their daughter Julianna’s choice for a husband.
The plea spared them jail time.
The judge sentenced the parents to three years of probation and ordered them to pay $2,000 for the cost of a meal that was missed on the eve of the original wedding date.
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