Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-14-705

• Application: means a request under the convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. See Utah Code 78B-14-701.5
• 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
• Convention: means the convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November 23, 2007. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Direct request: means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States. See Utah Code 78B-14-701.5
• Foreign support order: means a support order of a foreign tribunal. 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
• 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 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