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2023 Utah Code
Title 78B - Judicial Code
Chapter 12 - Utah Child Support Act
Part 2 - Calculation and Adjustment
Section 214 - Child care expenses -- Expenses not incurred.
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UT Code § 78B-12-214 (2023)
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78B-12-214. Child care expenses -- Expenses not incurred.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
- (1) The child support order shall require that each parent share equally the reasonable work-related child care expenses of the parents.
- (2)
- (a) If an actual expense for child care is incurred, a parent shall begin paying his share on a monthly basis immediately upon presentation of proof of the child care expense, but if the child care expense ceases to be incurred, that parent may suspend making monthly payment of that expense while it is not being incurred, without obtaining a modification of the child support order.
- (b)
- (i) In the absence of a court order to the contrary, a parent who incurs child care expense shall provide written verification of the cost and identity of a child care provider to the other parent upon initial engagement of a provider and thereafter on the request of the other parent.
- (ii) In the absence of a court order to the contrary, the parent shall notify the other parent of any change of child care provider or the monthly expense of child care within 30 calendar days of the date of the change.
- (3) In addition to any other sanctions provided by the court, a parent incurring child care expenses may be denied the right to receive credit for the expenses or to recover the other parent's share of the expenses if the parent incurring the expenses fails to comply with Subsection (2)(b).
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
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