Hooper woman sent to prison for sexual relationship with foster son

OGDEN — A Hooper woman was sentenced to prison Wednesday for having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy who was living in her care as a foster child.

Jennifer Ann Montag, 41, was sentenced to two terms of one to 15 years in prison by 2nd District Judge Ernie Jones for two counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony. The judge ordered the sentences to run concurrently, prosecutor L. Dean Saunders said. He said no restitution was ordered in the case because the woman's victim has yet to go to counseling and hasn't incurred any costs.

Saunders said he felt the sentence was fair, considering the "long-term impact" the relationship had on the woman's victim.

"I think that was the appropriate sentence for the charges she had," he said. "She refused to accept responsibility and denied she did anything wrong."

The relationship was discovered after the woman was caught by a family member in her bedroom with her 14-year-old foster son, who was naked, court records state. Montag then confronted the family member after being discovered, court records state, telling him, "You will ruin our family. I could go to jail, and if I do, I will kill myself."

Montag's husband told police the couple became foster parents about four months before the relationship was discovered. He said he had previously called the family's caseworker and asked about having the victim removed from the home.

Montag pleaded guilty to the two counts in June.

— Emiley Morgan