78B-12-402.  Duties — Report — Staff.

(1)  The advisory committee shall review the child support guidelines to ensure the application of the guidelines results in the determination of appropriate child support award amounts.

Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-12-402

  • advisory committee: means the Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee. See Utah Code 78B-12-401
  • 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, if able to provide some financial resources to the family, is not able to support self by own means. See Utah Code 78B-12-102
  • Child support: means a base child support award, or a monthly financial award for uninsured medical expenses, ordered by a tribunal for the support of a child, including current periodic payments, arrearages that accrue under an order for current periodic payments, and sum certain judgments awarded for arrearages, medical expenses, and child care costs. See Utah Code 78B-12-102
  • Guidelines: means the directions for the calculation and application of child support in 2. See Utah Code 78B-12-102
    • (2)  The advisory committee shall submit, in accordance with Section 68-3-14, a written report to the legislative Judiciary Interim Committee on or before October 1, 2021, and then on or before October 1 of every fourth year subsequently.

    (3)  The advisory committee’s report shall include recommendations of the majority of the advisory committee, as well as specific recommendations of individual members of the advisory committee.

    (4)  Staff for the advisory committee shall be provided from the existing budget of the Department of Health and Human Services.

    Amended by Chapter 330, 2023 General Session

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