Section 215 – Child care costs.
78B-12-215. Child care costs. (1) The need to include child care costs in the child support order is presumed, if the custodial parent or the noncustodial parent, during extended parent-time, is working and actually incurring the child care costs. (2) The need to include child care costs is not presumed, but may be awarded on […]
Section 216 – Reduction for extended parent-time.
78B-12-216. Reduction for extended parent-time. (1) The base child support award shall be: (a) 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 consecutive days of extended […]
Section 217 – Award of tax exemption for dependent children.
78B-12-217. Award of tax exemption for dependent children. (1) No presumption exists as to which parent should be awarded the right to claim a child or children as exemptions for federal and state income tax purposes. Unless the parties otherwise stipulate in writing, the court or administrative agency shall award in any final order the […]
Section 218 – Accountability of support provided to benefit child — Accounting.
78B-12-218. Accountability of support provided to benefit child — Accounting. (1) The court or administrative agency which 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 amounts provided for the child’s benefit to the obligor, including an accounting or […]
Section 219 – Adjustment when child becomes emancipated.
Effective 9/1/2021 78B-12-219. Adjustment when child becomes emancipated. (1) When a child becomes 18 years old or graduates from high school during the child’s normal and expected year of graduation, whichever occurs later, or if the child dies, marries, becomes a member of the armed forces of the United States, or is emancipated in accordance […]
Section 301 – Base combined child support obligation table — Both parents — Child support orders entered before January 1, 2023.
Affected by 63I-2-278 on 1/1/2025 Effective 5/4/2022 78B-12-301. Base combined child support obligation table — Both parents — Child support orders entered before January 1, 2023. The table in this section shall be used to: (1) establish a child support order entered for the first time on or after January 1, 2008, but before January […]
Section 208 – Joint physical custody — Obligation calculations.
Effective 5/5/2021 78B-12-208. Joint physical custody — Obligation calculations. In cases of joint physical custody, the base child support award shall be determined as follows: (1) Combine the adjusted gross incomes of the parents and determine the base combined child support obligation using the base combined child support obligation table. (2) Calculate each parent’s proportionate […]
Section 209 – Split custody — Obligation calculations.
78B-12-209. Split custody — Obligation calculations. In cases of split custody, the base child support award shall be determined as follows: (1) Combine the adjusted gross incomes of the parents and determine the base combined child support obligation using the base combined child support obligation table. Allocate a portion of the calculated amount between the […]
Section 210 – Application of guidelines — Use of ordered child support.
Effective 5/4/2022 78B-12-210. Application of guidelines — Use of ordered child support. (1) The guidelines in this chapter apply to any judicial or administrative order establishing or modifying an award of child support entered on or after July 1, 1989. (2) (a) The guidelines shall be applied as a rebuttable presumption in establishing or modifying […]
Section 211 – Limitation on amount of support ordered.
78B-12-211. Limitation on amount of support ordered. (1) There is no maximum limit on the base child support award that may be ordered using the base combined child support obligation table, using the low income table, or awarding medical expenses except under Subsection (2). (2) If amounts under either table as provided in Part 3, […]