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2025 Utah Code
Title 15 - Contracts and Obligations in General
Chapter 4 - Joint Obligations
Section 6.7 - Medical and miscellaneous expenses of a child -- Collection and billing pursuant to court or administrative order of child support.
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UT Code § 15-4-6.7 (2025)
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Effective 9/1/2024
15-4-6.7. Medical and miscellaneous expenses of a child -- Collection and billing pursuant to court or administrative order of child support.
Amended by Chapter 366, 2024 General Session
15-4-6.7. Medical and miscellaneous expenses of a child -- Collection and billing pursuant to court or administrative order of child support.
- (1)When a court or an administrative agency enters an order that provides for the payment of medical and dental expenses of a child as described in Section 26B-9-224 or 81-6-202, a provider who receives a copy of the order:
- (a)at or before the time the provider renders medical or dental services to the child, and upon request from a parent, shall separately bill each parent for the share of the medical and dental expenses that the parent is required to pay under the order; or
- (b)within 30 days after the day on which the provider renders the medical or dental service to the child, may not:
- (i)make a claim for unpaid medical and dental expenses against a parent who has paid in full the share of the medical and dental expenses that the parent is required to pay under the order; or
- (ii)make a negative credit report under Section 70C-7-107, or a report of the debtor's repayment practices or credit history under Title 7, Chapter 14, Credit Information Exchange, regarding a parent who has paid in full the share of the medical and dental expenses that the parent is required to pay under the order.
- (2)
- (a)When a court enters an order that provides for the payment of school fees of a child in a separate maintenance action under Section 81-4-204 or in a divorce action under Section 81-4-406:
- (i)a provider, who receives a copy of the order before the day on which the provider first issues a bill for a school fee and upon request from a parent, shall separately bill each parent for the share of the school fee that the parent is required to pay under the order;
- (ii)a provider, who receives a copy of the order, regardless of whether the provider receives the copy before, on, or after the day on which the provider first issues a bill for the school fee, may not make a negative credit report under Section 70C-7-107, or report of the debtor's repayment practices or credit history under Title 7, Chapter 14, Credit Information Exchange, regarding a parent who has paid in full the share of the school fee that the parent is required to pay under the order; and
- (iii)each parent is liable only for the share of the school fee that the parent is required to pay under the order.
- (b)A provider may bill a parent for the parent's share of a child's school fee under an order described in Subsection (2)(a) regardless of whether the provider grants the other parent a waiver for all or a portion of the other parent's share of the child's school fee.
- (a)When a court enters an order that provides for the payment of school fees of a child in a separate maintenance action under Section 81-4-204 or in a divorce action under Section 81-4-406:
Amended by Chapter 366, 2024 General Session
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