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?The court shall determine whether the person proceeded against is guilty of the contempt charged. If the court finds the person is guilty of the contempt, the court may impose a fine not exceeding $1,000, order the person incarcerated in the county jail not exceeding 30 days, or both.

Generally speaking, it is not possible to prematurely terminate child support unless (1) the payor parent is also prepared to relinquish his or her parental rights, and (2) the payor parent is able to persuade the court that there are valid reasons to permit the cancellation of support.

Court Actions to Enforce Child Support If the court does hold you in contempt, you can face a variety of sanctions, including community service or even short-term incarceration. In Utah, you can also be prosecuted for criminal nonsupport.

Except as noted below, criminal nonsupport is a class A misdemeanor in Utah. The maximum penalty for a class A misdemeanor conviction is a $2,500.00 fine (pursuant to U.C.A. 76-3-301(1)(c)), or jail time not to exceed 364 days (pursuant to U.C.A. 76-3-204(1)), or both.

If you have been previously convicted of this or a substantially similar crime in or outside of Utah, or if you missed payments for 18 months in a row or are more than $10,000 in debt, the charge will be upped to a third-degree felony, punishable by up to 5 years in jail and $5,000 in fines.

Sometimes we ask the courts to help collect past-due support. If your case meets certain legal conditions, we may start civil contempt proceedings. If the court does hold you in contempt, you can face a variety of sanctions, including community service or even short-term incarceration.