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Divorce, Remarriage, and Child Support in Utah
September 30th, 2025
If you are divorced and paying or receiving child support, you may wonder whether remarriage will affect the amount of the obligation. As a general rule, the decision to remarry will have little or no impact on support payments in Utah. The settlemen…
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Utah Child Support Guidelines: What Parents Need to Know
March 6th, 2025
Child support plays a crucial role in ensuring children receive financial support from both parents, covering essentials like housing, food, education, and medical care. In Utah, child support guidelines are periodically reviewed to keep up with econ…
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When Can a Child Support Modification Be Obtained?
December 18th, 2024
Under Utah law, both parents have a legal obligation to support their children — regardless of marital status. Child support is court-ordered payment from the non-custodial parent to the custodial parent to help ensure a child’s basic needs are m…
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What Can You Do if Your Ex Refuses to Pay Child Support Payments?
July 30th, 2023
Child support can be important to ensure your child’s basic needs are met. Once an order has been issued by a judge, a parent cannot simply stop making payments or reduce them without the court’s permission. But what happens if your ex refuses to…
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How is Child Support Calculated in Utah?
January 19th, 2022
Whenever married parents of minor children divorce or unmarried parents separate into different households, child support becomes an issue. Unlike many issues in divorce, like property division and alimony, child support is not something that parents…
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The Importance of Establishing Paternity
June 3rd, 2021
When a child is born in Utah to a married woman, the law presumes that her husband is the child’s father. In most cases when the parents are not married, however, establishing paternity is necessary. From a legal standpoint, what that means is to h…
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Can I Get Retroactive Child Support in Utah?
March 30th, 2021
The answer to the question “Can I get retroactive child support in Utah?” depends on the circumstances of your situation. My Ex is Behind on Child Support. Can I Get Back Payments? When many people ask if they can get retroactive child support, t…
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Motion for Temporary Relief in Utah Divorce Matters
January 6th, 2021
During your marriage, you and your spouse lived in the same household, had a system for paying your shared bills, and spent time with your children. You probably didn’t think about it much; it all unfolded naturally. And after your divorce is final…
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Your Annual Bonus May Affect Child Support Payments
December 2nd, 2020
Whether you’re paying child support in Utah or receiving it, you have a vested interest in making sure that the amount of child support payments is fair—both to you and your child. As you may know, child support in Utah is determined using the Ut…
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When Can Child Support Deviate From the Utah Child Support Guidelines?
July 21st, 2020
In Utah, both parents have a duty to support their children financially. When parents are divorced or never married each other, that support is allocated using the Utah child support guidelines. The guidelines take into account the parents’ adjuste…
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