Gwyneth Paltrow's 2016 Ski Trip Was 'First' Try to See If Her and Brad Falchuk's Blended Families 'Might Work'

Gwyneth Paltrow's husband Brad Falchuk, as well as her two children, are expected to testify in a Utah civil lawsuit brought against her over a Feb. 2016 skiing incident

Gwyneth Paltrow's ski trip in Feb. 2016 with her now-husband Brad Falchuk and their children is at the heart of her ongoing civil trial in Utah. On Tuesday, her attorney said in court that the vacation marked the couple's "first" getaway to test the blending of their families.

As Paltrow's attorney Stephen Owens made his opening argument at Park City District Court, he noted that Falchuk and his two children accompanied the Academy Award-winning actress, 50, and her daughter Apple, now 18, and son Moses, now 16, to Deer Valley Resort for the trip.

"And [Falchuk] has kids the exact same age as Gwyneth's daughter and son," Owens told the court, after describing that the trip "was a sentimental issue" for Paltrow as she wanted her children to learn to ski.

"And this was really their first trip to sort of a have a mixed, see-if-this-might-work," Owens said. "So it was a special time and it was a lovely day."

Falchuk, 52, as well as Paltrow's two children, whom she shares with her ex-husband Chris Martin, are expected to testify in the Utah civil trial, her attorney told the court.

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Paltrow and Falchuk, the co-creator of Glee, first met on the set of the television show in 2010 when the actress made a guest appearance on the musical series. At the time, Paltrow was married to her ex-husband, Coldplay frontman Martin, and Falchuk was married to producer Suzanne Bukinik.