Title 81, Title 81: Utah Domestic Relations Code

81-5-807. Parentage under validated gestational agreement. (1) Upon birth of a child to a gestational mother, the intended parents shall file notice with the tribunal that a child has been born to the gestational mother within 300 days after assisted reproduction. If the intended…

81-5-808. Gestational agreement -- Miscellaneous provisions. (1) A gestational agreement may provide for payment of consideration. (2) A gestational agreement may not limit the right of the gestational mother to make decisions to safeguard the gestational mother's health or that …

81-5-809. Effect of nonvalidated gestational agreement. (1) A gestational agreement, whether in a record or not, which is not validated by a tribunal is not enforceable. (2) If a birth results under a gestational agreement that is not judicially validated as provided in this part…

81-5-901. Uniformity of application and construction of this chapter. (1) This chapter is a uniform law. (2) In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to the uniform law's subject matter among t…

81-5-902. Transitional provision. A proceeding to adjudicate parentage that was commenced before May 1, 2005, is governed by the law in effect at the time the proceeding was commenced.

81-6-101. Definitions for chapter. 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" mean…

81-6-102. Application of chapter. This chapter applies to any judicial or administrative order establishing or modifying an award of child support entered on or after July 1, 1989.

81-6-103. Jurisdiction over a child support proceeding -- Appeals. (1) A court has jurisdiction over a proceeding brought under this chapter in accordance with Title 78A, Judiciary and Judicial Administration. (2) An appeal may be taken from an order or judgment under this part a…

81-6-104. Duty of parents to provide support for a child -- Support follows the child. (1) Every child is presumed to be in need of the support of the child's parents. Every parent shall support their child. Nothing in this chapter relieves a parent of the primary obligation of s…

81-6-105. Duty of biological father to share pregnancy expenses. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a biological father of a child has a duty to pay 50% of the mother's pregnancy expenses. (2) If paternity is disputed, a biological father owes no duty under this se…

81-6-106. Duty of obligor -- Enforcement of right of support. (1) An obligor who is present in, or a resident of, this state has the duty to provide support to the child regardless of the presence or residence of the obligee. The obligee may enforce the obligee's right of support…

81-6-107. Procedure for child support proceeding -- Documentation. (1) In any matter in which child support is ordered, the moving party shall submit: a completed worksheet; the financial verification required by Section; 81-6-203 a written statement indicating whether or not the…

81-6-108. Waiver and estoppel. (1) Waiver and estoppel shall apply only to the obligee when there is no order already established by a tribunal if the obligee freely and voluntarily waives support specifically and in writing. (2) Waiver and estoppel may not be applied against any…

81-6-109. Spousal privilege -- Competency of spouses. (1) A law attaching a privilege against the disclosure of communications between spouses is are inapplicable under this chapter. (2) Spouses are competent witnesses to testify to any relevant matter, including marriage and par…

81-6-110. County attorney to assist obligee. (1) The county attorney's office shall provide assistance to an obligee desiring to proceed under this part in the following manner: provide forms, approved by the Judicial Council, for an order of wage assignment if the obligee is not…

81-6-201. Definitions for part. Reserved.

81-6-202. Determination of amount of child support -- Application of child support guidelines -- Requirements for child support order. (1) If a prior child support order does not exist, a substantial change in circumstances has occurred, or a petition to modify a child support or…

81-6-203. Determination of gross income for child support -- Imputing income to a parent. (1) Each parent shall provide verification of current income to the court or administrative agency. Each parent shall provide year-to-date pay stubs or employer statements and complete copie…

81-6-204. General provisions for calculating child support -- Determination of base combined child support obligation. (1) To calculate child support, the court or administrative agency shall determine the base combined child support obligation for the parents by: except as provi…

81-6-205. Sole physical custody -- Obligation calculations -- Change in physical custody. (1) This section applies to a case in which a parent, or another person, is awarded sole physical custody of the children. (2) Except as provided in Subsections (3) and (4), the court or adm…

81-6-206. Joint physical custody -- Obligation calculations. (1) This section applies to a case in which the parents are awarded joint physical custody of the children. (2) If the base combined child support obligation that is calculated as described in Subsectionis $0, the base …

81-6-207. Split physical custody -- Obligation calculations. (1) This section applies to a case in which the parents are awarded split physical custody of the children. (2) If the base combined child support obligation that is calculated as described in Subsectionis $0, the base …

81-6-208. Requirements for a child support order regarding medical expenses -- Determination of parental liability for medical expenses. (1) As used in this section, "health insurance" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 31A-1-301 (2) Except as provided in Subsecti…

81-6-209. Requirements for a child support order regarding child care expenses -- Actual expenses. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the court or administrative agency shall require in a child support order that: each parent share equally the reasonable work-relat…

81-6-210. Award of tax exemption for a child. (1) There is no presumption as to which parent should be awarded the right to claim a child as an exemption for federal and state income tax purposes. (2) Unless the parties otherwise stipulate in writing, the court shall award in any…

81-6-211. Reduction for extended parent-time. (1) The base child support award is: reduced by 50% for each child for time periods during which the child is with the noncustodial parent by order of the court or by written agreement of the parties for at least 25 of any 30 consecut…

81-6-211.5. Child support orders for an incarcerated obligor -- Suspension -- Exceptions. (1) The office may not treat incarceration of 90 or more consecutive days as voluntary unemployment in establishing or modifying a child support order. (2) Except as provided in Subsection, …

81-6-212. Modification of child support order -- Adjustment of child support. (1) The amount of prospective child support is equal to the amount granted by a prior child support order unless: there is a substantial change of circumstances on the part of the obligor or obligee as …

81-6-213. Automatic adjustment of base child support award. (1) As used in this section, "emancipated" means: the child becomes 18 years old or graduates from high school during the child's normal and expected year of graduation, whichever occurs later; the child dies, marries, o…

81-6-214. Accountability of support provided to benefit child -- Accounting. (1) The court or administrative agency that issues the initial or modified order for child support may, upon the petition of the obligor, order prospectively the obligee to furnish an accounting of amoun…

81-6-301. Definitions for part. Reserved.

81-6-304. Base combined child support obligation table -- Both parents -- Child support orders entered on or after January 1, 2023. The following table is used to: (1) establish a child support order entered for the first time on or after January 1, 2023; (2) modify a child suppo…

81-6-305. Low income table -- Obligor parent only -- Child support orders entered on or after January 1, 2023. The following table is used to: (1) establish a child support order entered for the first time on or after January 1, 2023; (2) modify a child support order entered for …

81-6-306. Minimal child care award table -- Child support orders on or after January 1, 2027. The following table is used to: (1) establish a minimal child care award for a child support order established on or after January 1, 2027, if the low income table was not used in the ca…

81-7-101. Definitions for chapter. As used in this chapter: (1) "Alimony" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 81-4-101 (2) "Child support" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 81-6-101 (3) "Child support services" means the same as that term is define…

81-7-102. Payment under child support or alimony order -- Judgment. (1) All monthly payments of child support and alimony are due on the 1st day of each month in accordance with Title 26B, Chapter 9, Recovery Services and Administration of Child Support. (2) For purposes of child…

81-7-103. Collection fee for past due child support or alimony. (1) As used in this section: "Debtor" means a person obligated or allegedly obligated to pay a domestic relations debt. "Domestic relations debt" means an obligation or alleged obligation to pay past due child suppor…

81-8-102. Definitions for chapter. As used in this chapter: (1) "Alleged father" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 81-5-102 (2) "Birth mother" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 81-5-102 (3) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the a…

81-8-103. State tribunal and child support services agency. (1) A court with jurisdiction under Title 78A, Judiciary and Judicial Administration, and the Utah Department of Health and Human Services are the tribunals of this state. (2) The Utah Department of Health and Human Serv…

81-8-104. Remedies cumulative. (1) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity. (2) This chapter does not: provide the exclusive method of esta…

81-8-105. Application of chapter to residents of foreign countries and foreign support proceedings. (1) A tribunal of this state shall apply,,,,, andand, as applicable,, to a support proceeding involving: Part 1, General Provisions Part 2, Jurisdiction Part 3, Civil Provisions of…

81-8-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (1) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual, or the individual's guardian or conserva…

81-8-202. Duration of personal jurisdiction. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction t…

81-8-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of state. Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign count…

81-8-204. Simultaneous proceedings in another state. (1) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if: the petition or compar…

81-8-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order. (1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the …