This form is a sample letter in Word format covering the subject matter of the title of the form.
This form is a sample letter in Word format covering the subject matter of the title of the form.
You can sue for back child support in Utah if your case meets certain legal conditions. The Office of Recovery Services (ORS) in Utah can help custodial parents collect back child and medical support from other spouses.
(c) commits the crime of nonsupport in each of 18 individual months within any 24-month period, or the total arrearage is in excess of $10,000. (4) For purposes of this section "child" includes a child born out of wedlock whose paternity has been admitted by the defendant or has been established in a civil suit.
(2) Pursuant to Section 78B-5-202, a child support order or a sum certain judgment for past due support may be enforced within four years after the date that the youngest child reaches the age of majority, or eight years from the date of the entry of the sum certain judgment entered by a tribunal, whichever period of ...
Utah Code Section 78B-15-109 states, “The obligor's liabilities for past support are limited to the period of four years preceding the commencement of an action.” In other words, if you waited until your child was 22 ½ before trying to establish paternity, you would only be entitled to retroactive child support from ...
NOTE: A CP may forgive some or all of a non-IV-A arrears debt with a signed and notarized written statement.
In Utah, Paternity MUST be established before a court or a child support enforcement agency can make a child support order. In addition, in Utah, a child support order can ONLY BE retroactive if made in conjunction with a determination of paternity.
The good news is yes, child support arrears can potentially be forgiven. You would need to have a joint petition filed along with the other parent though, showing that you are both in mutual agreement and jointly requesting that the arrears be waived or forgiven.
If there is past-due child support, the agency also must take something to start paying off the debt and interest. Generally, in Alaska, the maximum that can be withheld from a paycheck is 40% of the net disposable earnings.
With the approval of the court, the parties have the right to compromise and settle child support arrears owed directly to the person owed support (family-owed arrears). State-owed debt cannot be forgiven.