(1) There is no maximum limit on the base child support award that may be ordered using the base combined child support obligation table, using the low income table, or awarding medical expenses except under Subsection (2).

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Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-12-211

  • Adjusted gross income: means income calculated under Subsection 78B-12-204(1). See Utah Code 78B-12-102
  • Base child support award: means the award that may be ordered and is calculated using the guidelines before additions for medical expenses and work-related child care costs. See Utah Code 78B-12-102
  • Child: means :
         (7)(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;
         (7)(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
         (7)(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
  • Income: includes :
              (14)(b)(i) all gain derived from capital assets, labor, or both, including profit gained through sale or conversion of capital assets;
              (14)(b)(ii) interest and dividends;
              (14)(b)(iii) periodic payments made under pension or retirement programs or insurance policies of any type;
              (14)(b)(iv) unemployment compensation benefits;
              (14)(b)(v) workers' compensation benefits; and
              (14)(b)(vi) disability benefits. See Utah Code 78B-12-102
  • Medical expenses: means health and dental expenses and related insurance costs. See Utah Code 78B-12-102
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Obligor: means a person owing a duty of support. See Utah Code 78B-12-102
  • table: means the appropriate table in Part 3, Tables. See Utah Code 78B-12-102
(2) If amounts under either table as provided in Part 3, Tables, in combination with the award of medical expenses exceeds 50% of the obligor‘s adjusted gross income, or by adding the child care costs, total child support would exceed 50% of the obligor’s adjusted gross income, the presumption under Section 78B-12-215 is rebutted.