07/94 Revised 09/01/25 Training Completed 09/01/25 Last Reviewed 10/01/25
Utah Code 26B-9-101, 26B-9-201, 81-4-101, 81-6-101, 81-9-101
Statutory
Authority
Utah
Code 81-6-101.
“As used in this chapter:
(1) ‘Administrative agency’ means the Office of Recovery
Services or the Department of Health and Human Services.
(2) ‘Administrative order’ means the same as that term is
defined in Section 26B-9-201.
(3) ‘Alimony’ means the same as that term is defined in
Section 81-4-101.
(4) ‘Base child support award’ means the award that may be
ordered and is calculated using the child support guidelines before additions
for medical expenses and work- related child care costs.
(5) ‘Base combined child support obligation’ means the
presumed amount of child support that the parents should provide for their
child as described in Subsection 81-6-204(1).
(6) ‘Base combined child support obligation table’ means the
appropriate table described in Section[s 81-6-302 and] 81-6-304.
(7) ‘Child’ means:
(a) a son or daughter who is under 18 years old and who is
not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married, or a member of the armed
forces of the United States;
(b) a son or daughter who is 18 years old or older while
enrolled in high school during the normal and expected year of graduation and
not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married, or a member of the armed
forces of the United States; or
(c) a son or daughter of any age who is incapacitated from
earning a living and, if able to provide some financial resources to the
family, is not able to support self by own means.
(8) (a) ‘Child support’ means a base child support award, or
a monthly financial award for uninsured medical expenses, ordered by a tribunal
for the support of a child.
(b) ‘Child support’ includes current periodic payments,
arrearages that accrue under an order for current periodic payments, and sum
certain judgments awarded for arrearages, medical expenses, and child care
costs.
(9) ‘Child support guidelines’ means the calculation and
application of child support as described in Part 2, Calculation and Adjustment
of Child Support.
(10) ‘Child support order’ means a judgment, decree, or
order issued by a tribunal whether temporary, final, or subject to
modification, that:
(a) establishes or modifies child support;
(b) reduces child support arrearages to judgment; or
(c) establishes child support or registers a child support
order under [Title 81, Chapter 8, Uniform Interstate Family Support Act].
(11) ‘Child support tables’ means the tables described in
Part 3, Child Support Tables.
(12) ‘Child support services’ means the same as that term is
defined in Section 26B-9-101.
(13) ‘Gross income’ means the amount of income calculated
for a parent as described in Section 81-6-203.
(14) ‘Health care coverage’ means coverage under which
medical services are provided to a child through:
(a) fee for service;
(b) a health maintenance organization;
(c) a preferred provider organization;
(d) any other type of private health insurance; or
(e) public health care coverage.
(15) (a) ‘Incarceration’ means the placement of an obligor
who has been ordered to pay child support into a carceral setting in which the
obligor is not permitted to earn wages from employment outside of the carceral
setting.
(b) ‘Incarceration’ does not include being placed on
probation, parole, or work release.
(16) ‘Income’ means earnings, compensation, or other payment
due to an individual, regardless of source, whether denominated as wages,
salary, commission, bonus, pay, allowances, contract payment, or otherwise,
including severance pay, sick pay, and incentive pay.
(b) ‘Income’ includes:
(i) all gain derived from capital assets, labor, or both,
including profit gained through sale or conversion of capital assets;
(ii) interest and dividends;
(iii) periodic payments made under pension or retirement
programs or insurance policies of any type;
(iv) unemployment compensation benefits;
(v) workers' compensation benefits; and
(vi) disability benefits.
(17) ‘Joint physical custody’ means the same as that term is
defined in Section 81-9-101.
(18) ‘Low income table’ means the appropriate table under
Section [81-6-303 or ]81-6-305.
(19) ‘Medical expenses’ means health and dental expenses and
related insurance costs.
(20) ‘Minor child’ means a child who is younger than 18
years old.
(21) ‘Obligee’ means an individual, this state, another
state, or another comparable jurisdiction to whom child support is owed or who
is entitled to reimbursement of child support or public assistance.
(22) ‘Obligor’ means a person owing a duty of support.
(23) ‘Office’ means the Office of Recovery Services within
the Department of Health and Human Services.
(24) ‘Ongoing expense for child care’ means a periodic
payment that an administrative agency or court orders an obligor parent to pay
to assist with the child care expenses of the obligor parent’s child.
(25) ‘Pregnancy expenses’ means an amount equal to:
(a) the sum of a pregnant mother's:
(i) health insurance premiums while pregnant that are not
paid by an employer or government program; and
(ii) medical costs related to the pregnancy, incurred after
the date of conception and before the pregnancy ends; and
(b) minus any portion of the amount described in Subsection
(25)(a) that a court determines is equitable based on the totality of the
circumstances, not including any amount paid by the mother or father of the
child.
(26) ‘Split custody’ means that each parent has physical
custody of at least one of the children.
(27) ‘State’ means a state, territory, possession of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
Native American tribe, or other comparable domestic or foreign jurisdiction.
(28) ‘Support’ means past-due, present, and future
obligations to provide for the financial support, maintenance, or medical
expenses of a child.
(29) ‘Support order’ means:
(a) a child support order; or
(b) a judgment, decree, or order by a tribunal, whether
temporary, final, or subject to modification, for alimony.
(30) ‘Suspension’ means adjusting a child support order to
zero dollars during the period of an obligor’s incarceration.
(31) ‘Temporary’ means a period of time that is projected to
be less than 12 months in duration.
(32) ‘Third party’ means an agency or a person other than a
parent or a child who provides care, maintenance, and support to a child.
(33) ‘Tribunal’ means the district court, the Department of
Health and Human Services, Office of Recovery Services, or court or
administrative agency of a state, territory, possession of the United States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Native American
tribe, or other comparable domestic or foreign jurisdiction.
(34) ‘Work-related child care expenses’ means reasonable
child care costs for up to a full-time work week or training schedule as
necessitated by the employment or training of a parent.
(35) ‘Worksheet’ means a form used to aid in calculating the
base child support award.”
Utah
Code 26B-9-101 states:
“(7) ‘Child support services; means services provided
pursuant to Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 651,
et seq.”
Utah
Code 26B-9-201 states:
“(2) ‘Administrative order’ means an order that has been
issued by the office, the department, or an administrative agency of another
state or other comparable jurisdiction with similar authority to that of the
office.”
Utah
Code 81-4-101 states:
“(1) ’Alimony’ means financial support made to a spouse or
former spouse for the support and maintenance of that spouse.”
Utah
Code 81-9-101 states:
“(5) ‘Joint physical custody’ means the minor child stays
with each parent overnight for more than 30% of the year and both parents
contribute to the expenses of the minor child in addition to paying child
support.”