Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 81 > Chapter 9 > Part 3 - Parent-time Schedules

• Child: means , except as provided in Section 81-6-101, a biological or adopted child of any age. See Utah Code 81-1-101
• Court: means :
       (2)(a) a judge; or
       (2)(b) a court commissioner if the court commissioner has authority to hear the matter under Section 78A-5-107 or the Utah Rules of Judicial Administration. See Utah Code 81-1-101
• Custodial parent: means :
       (3)(a) a parent awarded primary physical custody of a minor child by a court order;
       (3)(b) if both parents have joint physical custody:

            (3)(b)(i) the parent awarded more overnights each year by a court order; or

            (3)(b)(ii) the parent designated as the custodial parent by a court order; or
       (3)(c) if there is no court order, the parent with whom the minor child resides more than one-half of the calendar year without regard to any temporary parent-time. See Utah Code 81-1-101
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Father: means a parent who is of the male sex. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Joint physical custody: means the minor child stays with each parent overnight for more than 30% of the year and both parents contribute to the expenses of the minor child in addition to paying child support. See Utah Code 81-9-101
• Juneteenth National Freedom Day: means the day on which the Juneteenth National Freedom Day holiday is celebrated in this state in accordance with Section 63G-1-301. See Utah Code 81-9-301
• Minor child: means , except as provided in Section 81-6-101, a child who is younger than 18 years old and is not emancipated. See Utah Code 81-1-101
• Mother: means a parent who is of the female sex. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Noncustodial parent: means the parent who is not the custodial parent regardless of any designation of joint legal custody. See Utah Code 81-1-101
• Parent: means a parent with an established parent-child relationship as described in Section 78B-15-201. See Utah Code 81-1-101
• Parenting plan: includes the allocation of parenting functions that are incorporated in any final decree or decree of modification including an action for dissolution of marriage, annulment, legal separation, or paternity. See Utah Code 81-9-101
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Virtual parent-time: means parent-time facilitated by tools such as telephone, email, instant messaging, video conferencing, and other wired or wireless technologies over the Internet or other communication media, to supplement in-person visits between a noncustodial parent and a minor child or between a minor child and the custodial parent when the minor child is staying with the noncustodial parent. See Utah Code 81-9-101
• Weekends: include , for a parent-time schedule under Sections 81-9-302 and 81-9-303, any snow days, teacher development days, or other days when school is not scheduled and that are contiguous to the weekend period. See Utah Code 81-9-301