Creating Stability for Your Child’s Future

Child Support Attorneys Serving the Salt Lake City, Park City, Provo, Ogden and Surrounding Utah Communities

Every child deserves financial support from both parents. Whether you’re the receiving or paying parent, our attorneys help ensure child support agreements reflect your child’s needs and comply with Utah law. We approach each case with sensitivity and clarity, aiming to reduce stress and conflict.

We Handle:
• Establishing Child Support Orders
• Modifications Due to Job Loss or Income Changes
• Enforcement of Support Payments
• High-Income and Complex Support Cases

Let us help you build a solid foundation for your child’s future.

Utah Child Support

Child Support is the child’s right and every child is entitled to support from his or her parents. Unlike other family law issues in Utah, the child support process is rather rigidly defined and based on guidelines created by Utah State legislature.

Whether you are going through a divorce, legal separation, paternity action, or trying to modify an existing child support order, the amount you pay or receive in support is dictated by these statutory guidelines.

How is Utah Child Support Determined?

Child Support is paid by the non-custodial parent to the custodial parent. Utah Court determines the amount of child support and which parent pays based off the child support calculator and certain factors including:

• Income (or imputed income) of each parent
• Number of minor children involved in action
• Number of overnights per year children spend with each parent
• Medical costs for children
• Child care expenses

Once amount is determined, child support is paid monthly until children reach the age of 18 or graduate from high school, whichever happens last. If a substantial change in circumstance occurs and child support needs to be altered you’ll have to petition the court for a modification.