a son or daughter under the age of 18 years who is not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married, or a member of the armed forces of the United States;
(b)
a son or daughter over the age of 18 years, 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 is without sufficient means. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Decedent: A deceased person.
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Director: means the director of the Office of Recovery Services. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Obligor: means a person, firm, corporation, or the estate of a decedent owing a duty of support to this state, to an individual, to another state, or other corporate jurisdiction in whose behalf this state is acting. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Support: includes past-due, present, and future obligations established by:
(a)
a tribunal or imposed by law for the financial support, maintenance, medical, or dental care of a dependent child; and
(b)
a tribunal for the financial support of a spouse or former spouse with whom the obligor's dependent child resides if the obligor also owes a child support obligation that is being enforced by the state. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
Support debt: means the debt created by nonpayment of support. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
Tribunal: means the district court, the department, the Office of Recovery Services, or court or administrative agency of any 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. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(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.
(3)
“Arrears” means the same as support debt.
(4)
“Assistance” means public assistance as defined in Section 26B-9-101.
(5)
“Business day” means a day on which state offices are open for regular business.
(6)
“Child” means:
(a)
a son or daughter under the age of 18 years who is not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married, or a member of the armed forces of the United States;
(b)
a son or daughter over the age of 18 years, 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 is without sufficient means.
(7)
“Child support” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-301.
(8)
“Child support guidelines” means guidelines as defined in Section 78B-12-102.
(9)
“Child support order” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-301.
(10)
“Child support services” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-101.
(11)
“Court order” means a judgment or order of a tribunal of appropriate jurisdiction of this state, another state, Native American tribe, the federal government, or any other comparable jurisdiction.
(12)
“Director” means the director of the Office of Recovery Services.
(13)
“Disposable earnings” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-101.
(14)
“Guidelines” means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-12-102.
(15)
“High-volume automated administrative enforcement” in interstate cases means, on the request of another state, the identification by the office, through automatic data matches with financial institutions and other entities where assets may be found, of assets owned by persons who owe child support in the requesting state, and the seizure of the assets by the office, through levy or other appropriate processes.
(16)
“Income” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-101.
(17)
“IV-D child support services” means the same as child support services.
(18)
“Notice of agency action” means the notice required to commence an adjudicative proceeding in accordance with Section 63G-4-201.
(19)
“Obligee” means an individual, this state, another state, or other comparable jurisdiction to whom a duty of child support is owed, or who is entitled to reimbursement of child support or public assistance.
(20)
“Obligor” means a person, firm, corporation, or the estate of a decedent owing a duty of support to this state, to an individual, to another state, or other corporate jurisdiction in whose behalf this state is acting.
(21)
“Office” means the Office of Recovery Services.
(22)
“Parent” means a natural parent or an adoptive parent of a dependent child.
(23)
“Past-due support” means the same as support debt.
(24)
“Person” includes an individual, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, department, or office.
(25)
“Public assistance” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-101.
(26)
“Presiding officer” means a presiding officer described in Section 63G-4-103.
(27)
“Support” includes past-due, present, and future obligations established by:
(a)
a tribunal or imposed by law for the financial support, maintenance, medical, or dental care of a dependent child; and
(b)
a tribunal for the financial support of a spouse or former spouse with whom the obligor‘s dependent child resides if the obligor also owes a child support obligation that is being enforced by the state.
(28)
“Support debt” means the debt created by nonpayment of support.
(29)
“Support order” means the same as child support order.
(30)
“Tribunal” means the district court, the department, the Office of Recovery Services, or court or administrative agency of any 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.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session
