Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 78B > Chapter 14 > Part 2 - Jurisdiction

• 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
• Child support order: means a support order for a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state or foreign country. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Father: means a parent who is of the male sex. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Foreign country: means a country, including a political subdivision thereof, other than the United States, that authorizes the issuance of support orders and:
       (5)(a) which has been declared under the law of the United States to be a foreign reciprocating country;
       (5)(b) which has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state as provided in Section 78B-14-308;
       (5)(c) which has enacted a law or established procedures for the issuance and enforcement of support orders which are substantially similar to the procedures under this chapter; or
       (5)(d) in which the convention is in force with respect to the United States. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Foreign support order: means a support order of a foreign tribunal. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Home state: means the state or foreign country in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as parent for at least six consecutive months immediately preceding the time of filing of a petition or comparable pleading for support and, if a child is less than six months old, the state or foreign country in which the child lived from birth with any of them. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Initiating tribunal: means the tribunal of a state or foreign country from which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded or in which a petition or comparable pleading is filed for forwarding to another state or foreign country. 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
• 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.
• Law: includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• 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.
• 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
• Outside this state: means a location in another state or a country other than the United States, whether or not the country is a foreign country. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• 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-14-102
• Responding tribunal: means the authorized tribunal in a responding state or foreign country. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
• Spousal support order: means a support order for a spouse or former spouse of the obligor. 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
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5