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H.B. 463 Child Support Modifications (2025)

Became lawWritten by Rep. Raymond P. Ward · carried in the Senate by Sen. Todd Weiler

  1. Introduced
  2. House committee
  3. House vote
  4. Senate committee
  5. Senate vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

According to the official description, this bill:
  • creates a rebuttable presumption that an order terminating parental rights shall state the amount of any child support arrears and permit collection of arrears
  • requires that a divorce decree provide information about the Office of Recovery Services (office)
  • beginning July 1, 2026, creates a rebuttable presumption that a child support order shall include a provision requiring an obligor parent to pay a recurring amount as an ongoing expense for child care
  • requires the office to study and prepare a proposed method for calculating the amount of an ongoing expense for child care and report the office's findings to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee
  • requires the office to propose to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee procedural and statutory considerations that are necessary to move from a receipt-based child care payment model to a model where all new or modified child support orders would instead require an ongoing expense for child care as the primary means for sharing child care costs
  • gives reporting requirements to the office
Full text and history on le.utah.gov →

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