Each parent's child support obligation shall be established in proportion to their adjusted gross incomes, unless the low income table is applicable. The parents are obligated to pay their proportionate shares of the base combined child support obligation according to the Utah child support guidelines.
The court may include, in an order determining child support, an order assigning financial responsibility for all or a portion of child care expenses incurred on behalf of the dependent children, necessitated by the employment or training of the custodial parent. If the court determines that the circumstances are appropriate and that the dependent children would be adequately cared for, it may include an order allowing the non-custodial parent to provide child care for the dependent children, necessitated by the employment or training of the custodial parent. Whenever a court enters an order for child support, it shall include in the order a provision for withholding income as a means of collecting child support. [Based on Utah Code 30-3-5, 30-3-5.1, and 78-45-7.11]
PREMARITAL AGREEMENT:Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to:
- The rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property of either or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or located.
- The right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of, or otherwise manage and control property.
- The disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event.
- The modification or elimination of spousal support.
- The ownership rights in and disposition of the death benefit from a life insurance policy.
- The choice of law governing the construction of the agreement, except that a court of competent jurisdiction may apply the law of the legal domicile of either party, if it is fair and equitable.
- The right of a child to support, health and medical provider expenses, medical insurance, and child care coverage may not be affected by a premarital agreement.
[Based on Utah Code 30-8-4]
