26B-9-231. Reporting past-due support for criminal prosecution.
(1)
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-9-231
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.
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. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
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
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
(a)
Upon request from an official described in Subsection (1)(b), the office shall report the name of an obligor who is over $10,000 delinquent in the payment of support and the amount of overdue support owed by the obligor to an obligee.
(b)
The following officials may request the information described in Subsection (1)(a):
(i)
the attorney general;
(ii)
a county attorney in whose jurisdiction the obligor’s obligee resides; or
(iii)
a district attorney in whose jurisdiction the obligor’s obligee resides.
(2)
The office shall make the report described in Subsection (1) no later than 30 days after the day on which the office receives the request for information.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session
