Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 78B > Chapter 15 > Part 3 - Voluntary Declaration of Paternity Act

• Adjudicated father: means a man who has been adjudicated by a tribunal to be the father of a child. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Birth mother: means the biological mother of a child. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Child: means an individual of any age whose parentage may be determined under this chapter. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Commence: means to file the initial pleading seeking an adjudication of parentage in the appropriate tribunal of this state. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Declarant father: means a male who, along with the biological mother claims to be the genetic father of a child, and signs a voluntary declaration of paternity to establish the man's paternity. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Genetic testing: means an analysis of genetic markers to exclude or identify a man as the father or a woman as the mother of a child. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• 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.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Parent: means an individual who has established a parent-child relationship under Section 78B-15-201. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Presumed father: means a man who, by operation of law under Section 78B-15-204, is recognized as the father of a child until that status is rebutted or confirmed as set forth in this chapter. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Signatory: means an individual who authenticates a record and is bound by its terms. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, any territory, Native American Tribe, or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Support-enforcement agency: means a public official or agency authorized under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act which has the authority to seek:

  (a)	enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support;

  (b)	establishment or modification of child support;

  (c)	determination of parentage; or

  (d)	location of child-support obligors and their income and assets. See Utah Code 78B-15-102 Tribunal: means a court of law, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage. See Utah Code 78B-15-102