Utah Code 26B-9-203. Application for child support services

26B-9-203. Application for child support services.

(1)	Any person applying to the office for child support services shall be required to attest to the truthfulness of the information contained in the application.

(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. See Utah Code 26B-9-201

Child support: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-301. See Utah Code 26B-9-201

Office: means the Office of Recovery Services. See Utah Code 26B-9-201

Person: includes an individual, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, department, or office. 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
(2)	The attestation shall indicate that the person believes that all information provided is true and correct to the best of their knowledge and that knowingly providing false or misleading information is a violation of Section 76-8-504 and may result in prosecution, case closure for failure to cooperate, or both.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session