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# Alimony Child Support in Utah

Utah law treats alimony and child support as separate obligations, and under Utah Code § 81-6-304, child support is not offset against alimony. This means a parent ordered to pay both types of support must pay the full child support amount without any reduction based on alimony paid or received. The statute establishes that the two obligations are independent, so one does not reduce the other. The official source provides the exact statutory language and any exceptions that may apply. The calculator below uses this rule to compute child support without alimony adjustments, and readers can estimate their own obligations by entering their specific income and custody details.

## Governing authority

In Utah, the alimony child support rule is set by **Utah Code § 81-6-304**. The verified packet cites Utah Code § 81-6-304 (https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title81/81.html).

**Utah alimony child support:** the verified value is **0%** under Utah Code § 81-6-304. The verified packet cites Utah Code § 81-6-304 (https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title81/81.html).

**Estimate your own result:** every situation has exceptions that can change the outcome. Use the alimony child support calculator to estimate your specific figure.

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Alimony Child Support in Utah

Utah revised child-support schedule 2023 (SB 101). Cap $30,000/mo combined adjusted gross. § 30-3-5(8)(a) seven factors; § 30-3-5(8)(j) caps duration at marriage length absent extenuating circumstances.

Base combined child support obligation table -- Both parents -- Child support orders entered on or after January 1, 2023.
The following table is used to:
establish a child support order entered for the first time on or after January 1, 2023;
modify a child support order entered for the first time on or after January 1, 2023;
modify a temporary judicial child support order established on or before December 31, 2022, if the new order is entered on or after January 1, 2023; or
modify a final child support order entered on or before December 31, 2022, if the modification is made on or after January 1, 2025.
[Base combined child support obligation table follows, indexed by Combined Monthly Adjusted Gross Income (From/To) and Number of Children (1-6). Verbatim table values available at source URL.]

Financial resources of the party seeking support

Time needed to acquire education or training

Standard of living during marriage

Duration of the marriage

Age and physical/emotional condition

Ability of payor to meet own needs

Contributions to the marriage

Tax consequences

Marital misconduct

Child-care responsibilities

Utah § 30-3-5(8)(j): alimony duration cannot exceed the number of years of marriage unless the court finds extenuating circumstances. No statutory amount formula — § 30-3-5(8)(a) lists seven factors.

Alimony duration ≤ marriage length (rebuttable).

Determination of alimony.
For a proceeding under Chapter 4, Dissolution of Marriage, or in a proceeding to modify alimony, the court shall consider at least the following factors in determining alimony:
the standard of living existing during the marriage, which factors shall include the following:
income;
the approximate value of real and personal property; and
any other factor that the court determines to be appropriate to enable the court to make a determination of the standard of living existing during the marriage;
the financial condition and needs of the payee, provided that the payee may show financial needs by itemizing expenses present during the marriage rather than by itemizing post petition expenses;
the payee's earning capacity or ability to produce income, including the impact of diminished workplace experience resulting from primarily caring for a minor child of the payor;
the ability of the payor to provide support;
the length of the marriage;
whether the payee has custody of a minor child requiring support;
whether the payee worked in a business owned or operated by the payor; and
whether the payee directly contributed to any increase in the payor's skill by paying for education received by the payor or enabling the payor to attend school during the marriage.
The court may consider the fault of the parties in determining whether to award alimony and the terms of the alimony.
The court may, when fault is at issue, close the proceedings and seal the court records.
Except as otherwise provided by this section, the court shall consider the standard of living, existing at the time of separation, in determining alimony in accordance with this section.
In considering all relevant facts and principles, the court may, in the court's discretion, base alimony on the standard of living that existed at the time of trial.
The court may attempt to equalize the parties' respective standards of living.
If a marriage has been in effect for 10 years or more, and if the payee has significantly diminished workplace experience resulting from an agreement between the spouses that the payee reduce the payee's workplace experience to care for a minor child of the payor, it shall be the rebuttable presumption that the court equalize the parties' standard of living.
The presumption under Subsection (4)(b)(i) can be rebutted by a showing of good cause, and the court shall enter specific findings of fact as to the evidentiary basis for its determination.
This Subsection (4) may not be applied to or used as the basis to modify an alimony award if the petition for divorce was filed before May 1, 2024.
If the marriage is short in duration and a minor child has not been conceived or born during the marriage, the court may consider the standard of living that existed at the time of the marriage.
In determining alimony when a marriage of short duration dissolves and a minor child has not been conceived or born during the marriage, the court may consider restoring each party to the condition which existed at the time of the marriage.
When a marriage of long duration dissolves on the threshold of a major change in the income of one of the parties due to the collective efforts of both parties, the court shall consider the change when dividing the marital property and in determining the amount of alimony.
If a party's earning capacity has been greatly enhanced through the efforts of both parties during the marriage, the court may make a compensating adjustment in dividing the marital property and awarding alimony.
Except as provided in Subsection (7)(c), the court may not order alimony for a period of time longer than the length of the marriage.
If a party is ordered to pay temporary alimony during the pendency of a divorce action, the court shall count the period of time that the party pays temporary alimony towards the period of time for which the party is ordered to pay alimony.
At any time before the termination of alimony, the court may find extenuating circumstances or good cause that justify the payment of alimony for a longer period of time than the length of the marriage.

Determination of amount of child support -- Application of child support guidelines -- Requirements for child support order.
If a prior child support order does not exist, a substantial change in circumstances has occurred, or a petition to modify a child support order as described in Section 81-6-212 is filed, the court determining the amount of prospective child support shall require each party to file a proposed award of child support using the child support guidelines before the court enters or modifies a child support order.
When no prior child support order exists, the court or administrative agency shall determine and assess all arrearages based upon the child support guidelines.
The court or administrative agency shall apply the child support guidelines as a rebuttable presumption in establishing or modifying the amount of temporary or permanent child support.
The rebuttable presumption means the provisions and considerations required by the child support guidelines, the award amounts resulting from the application of the child support guidelines, and the use of worksheets consistent with the child support guidelines are presumed to be correct, unless the child support guidelines are rebutted in accordance with this section.
A written finding or specific finding on the record supporting the conclusion that complying with a provision of the child support guidelines or ordering an award amount resulting from use of the child support guidelines would be unjust, inappropriate, or not in the best interest of a child in a particular case is sufficient to rebut the presumption in that case.
If an order rebuts the presumption through findings, the order is considered a deviated order.
The following are considered deviations from the child support guidelines, if:
the order includes a written finding that the order is a deviation from the child support guidelines;
the worksheet has:
the box checked for a deviation; and
an explanation as to the reason; or
the deviation is made because there were more children than provided for in the child support tables.
If the amount in the order and the amount on the worksheet differ by $10 or more:
the order is considered deviated; and
the incomes listed on the worksheet may not be used in adjusting support for emancipation as described in Section 81-6-213.
If the court finds sufficient evidence to rebut the guidelines as described in Subsection (3), the court shall establish child support after considering all relevant factors, including:
the standard of living and situation of the parties;
the relative wealth and income of the parties;
the ability of the obligor to earn;
the ability of the obligee to earn;
the ability of an incapacitated adult child to earn, or other benefits received by the adult child or on the adult child's behalf including Supplemental Security Income;
the needs of the obligee, the obligor, and the child;
the ages of the parties; and
the responsibilities of the obligor and the obligee for the support of others.
If there are children of either parent who live in the home of that parent and are not children in common to both parties, the court or administrative agency, at the option of either party, may take into account the children under the child support guidelines in setting a base child support award as described in Subsection (8).
Additional worksheets shall be prepared that calculate the base child support award of the respective parents for the additional children.
The court or administrative agency shall subtract the base child support award calculated under Subsection (7)(b) from the appropriate parent's income before determining the award in the case described in Subsection (7)(a).
In a proceeding to adjust or modify a child support order, the court or administrative agency may consider children, who are born after the entry of the child support order and are not in common to both parties, to mitigate an increase in the award, but the court or administrative agency may not consider the children:
for the benefit of the obligee if the credit would increase the support obligation of the obligor from the most recent child support order; or
for the benefit of the obligor if the amount of support received by the obligee would be decreased from the most recent child support order.
A stipulated amount for child support or combined child support and alimony is adequate under the child support guidelines if the stipulated child support amount or combined amount equals or exceeds the base child support award required by the child support guidelines.
The court shall include the following provisions in a child support order:
a provision establishing the monthly amount of child support obligation for each parent in accordance with the child support guidelines;
a provision assigning responsibility for the payment of reasonable and necessary medical expenses for the child as described in Section 81-6-208;
a provision requiring the purchase and maintenance of appropriate health care insurance for the medical expenses of the child as described in Section 81-6-208 if health care insurance is or becomes available at a reasonable cost;
a provision regarding the child care expenses and costs as described in Section 81-6-209;
a provision regarding each parent's right to claim a child as a tax exemption for federal and state income tax purposes in accordance with Section 81-6-210;
provisions for income withholding as a means of collecting child support, in accordance with Title 26B, Chapter 9, Part 3, Income Withholding in IV-D Cases, and Title 26B, Chapter 9, Part 4, Income Withholding in Non IV-D Cases; and
a provision regarding a parent's opportunity to adjust a child support order as described in Section 81-6-212.
The office shall include the provisions described in Section 26B-9-224 in a child support order.

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