Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 78B > Chapter 14 > Part 5 - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration

• Child: means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Foreign support order: means a support order of a foreign tribunal. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Income: includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any source and any other property subject to withholding for support under the law of this state. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Income-withholding order: means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor's employer or other source of income as defined in Section 26B-9-101, to withhold support from the income of the obligor. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Issuing tribunal: means the tribunal of a state or foreign country that issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Law: includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Obligee: means :
       (16)(a) an individual to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child has been issued;
       (16)(b) a foreign country, state, or political subdivision of a state to which the rights under a duty of support or support order have been assigned or which has independent claims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support;
       (16)(c) an individual seeking a judgment determining parentage of the individual's child; or
       (16)(d) a person who is a creditor in a proceeding under Part 7, Support Proceedings Under Convention. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Obligor: means an individual who, or the estate of a decedent that:
       (17)(a) owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;
       (17)(b) is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a parent of a child;
       (17)(c) is liable under a support order; or
       (17)(d) is a debtor in a proceeding under Part 7, Support Proceedings Under Convention. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Register: means to file in a tribunal of this state a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child issued in another state or a foreign country. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Support enforcement agency: means a public official, governmental entity, or private agency authorized to:
       (27)(a) seek enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support;
       (27)(b) seek establishment or modification of child support;
       (27)(c) request determination of parentage of a child;
       (27)(d) attempt to locate obligors or their assets; or
       (27)(e) request determination of the controlling child support order. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Support order: means a judgment, decree, order, decision, or directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support, or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See Utah Code 78B-14-102