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Utah Child Support Calculator

Todd Peterson — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:11:58 +0000

A marriage is often characterized as a contract, at least by less romantic people, but a divorce is usually not viewed in the same light. The truth is though that a divorce is very much a contract between two people except for a couple little tweaks, one of which is child support and child custody. In a normal contract parties are able to contract into almost any scenario they would like, although courts can be asked to step in if there are problems with the contract the majority of the time parties can put anything they want in the contract. When it comes to divorce, child custody and especially child support contracting parties are not allowed to do as they please. Parties may agree to a custody arrangement but the judge or commissioner will look into that arrangement just to make sure that it is in the best interest of the child. As for child support the parties have virtually no control at all over what the obligation will be.

How to Calculate Child Support

Instead of allowing parties or a judge to determine what a good child support amount would be in each setting the state has instead set out specific guidelines that calculate an individual’s child support obligation based on incomes and custody arrangement. So the only real way to change child support is to change the inputs, which basically just boils down to changing the custody arrangement by adding more overnights to one party or the other. This is usually not likely to happen in most cases so the result is that parties just have to take child support as something out of their hands.

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The 90 Day Waiting Period

Todd Peterson — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:04:33 +0000

For some time now, in Utah, the law has read that those wishing to obtain a Divorce from the courts must wait 90 days before the judge can grant them said divorce. However, in the past this requirement was often waived and required a very low showing to be able to get the judge to sign off on waiving the requirement. However, the most recently legislature changed the law making it much more stringent and very difficult for most people to qualify for a waiver.

Waiting for your Divorce

The reality of this change in the law is that a lot of individuals will never even run into a problem with the 90 day waiting period because their divorce is taking much longer than 90 days already. For example, if the divorce is contested meaning the parties are fighting over any aspect of the divorce such as child custody, child support, alimony, or property division then, then there is virtually no one the divorce could be completed within 90 days anyways. However, if the divorce is uncontested and the parties are willing to sign a stipulation and settlement agreement then they often have to wait the three months after they have signed the paperwork and are ready to move on with their lives.

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Two Types of Divorce | Northern Utah Divorce Attorney

Todd Peterson — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:50:42 +0000

When most people think of a divorce they think about a long drawn out process with plenty of fighting and name calling. However, it doesn’t always have to be like that. Obviously, in the majority of cases the parties cannot come to an agreement because that is precisely the reason they are getting a divorce. In the cases where the parties can meet in the middle though they can go through what is called an uncontested divorce. The uncontested divorce versus the contested divorce is normally, much cheaper and quicker.

Uncontested Divorce Process

The process required for an uncontested divorce is quite simple. The basic idea is that both parties agree to the terms of the divorce and they are simply entering into an agreement stating the terms that they agree to. There are some other divorce requirements that can be waived such as divorce education and the waiting period but in essence the parties just sign the agreement and wait for the court to approve it.

Contested Divorce Process

In a contested divorce the whole process is focused on coming up with the ultimate agreement, or the divorce decree. Both parties will put forth the things they think they should get concerning, custody, alimony, property, etc… and there may also be temporary order hearings, mediation, as well as other things but in the end the court is going to make a decision as to what the terms are of the agreement.

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