Divorce Utah Child Support

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The Utah Department of Human Services comprises of an agency known as the 'Office of Recovery Services' (ORS). This agency serves about 0.13 million children (as of 2009). The offices of ORS Child Support Services are located in the following cities.

• St George
• Richfield
• Provo
• Salt Lake City: This also has the Children in Care and Medicaid Recovery programs
• Ogden

Review of Divorce Utah Child Support

Each parent is been given the right to request the ORS to review the previous order of child support. The parent has to make a written request to the ORS. The ORS may modify the amount of child support if the following conditions are fulfilled.

If less than 3 years have passed by from the date on which the previous order was reviewed, modified or issued

• The parent offers evidence that since the above mentioned date there has been a considerable alteration in the conditions, AND
• The new amount is at least 15 percent more or less than the present amount

At least 3 years have passed by from the date on which the previous order was reviewed, modified or issued

• The new amount is at least 10 percent more or less than the present amount

After the review process is completed, there might be an increment or decrement in the child support amount.

The ORS does not modify the order in the following conditions.

• For issues like custody or visitation
• When the whereabouts of the non requesting parent cannot be found out
• If the youngest child would cross 18 years of age in a span of 1 year

Along with the application form, the parent has to submit the below mentioned documents, if applicable. It is recommended that original documents should not be submitted but retained for personal records. The ORS cannot be held responsible for returning or maintaining any original documents. So, copies of the following are essential.

• If either parent has died, then the obituary or death certificate
• Paternity establishment documents
• Sometimes, paternity is established by Utah Voluntary Declaration of Paternity. Then, the ORS can procure a copy of this document
• If the child was born out of this state, then the birth certificate of the child
• If the child was born in this state, the ORS can procure this birth certificate
• Any previous child support order along with any further modifications

Public Assistance and Utah Child Support

• If a child is receiving public assistance, ORS automatically grants child support services
• The principle is that the money being paid to the custodial parent each month accumulates as debt to the state. It is the responsibility of the non custodial parent to repay this debt
• The non custodial parent is expected to repay this debt completely, though the public assistance to the custodial parent is terminated

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