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UTAH CHILD SUPPORT
CALCULATORS

Interactively calculate child support obligations using the Utah Uniform Child Support Guidelines without the need to install or download any software.  Based on the information entered, a child support calculation with be displayed to your computer screen.  Information on purchasing a fully functional child support calculator that calculates and prints all worksheets in the exact format required by Utah courts is available by clicking here.

To begin, we must know which child support calculator you wish to use.  Click on the appropriate link below to be taken to the designated calculator.  The function and usefulness of each calculator is explained immediately below its corresponding link.

Sole Custody Child Support Calculator (2008)
Sole Custody Child Support Calculator (Before 2008)

    This is the most frequently used calculator in Utah divorce cases.  Most people will need to select this link.  The Sole Custody Child Support Calculator should be used to calculate child support if all of the parties' children spend more than 75% of the nights each year with one of the parents (the same parent) and 25% or less of the nights each year with the other parent.  If the standard Utah visitation schedule applies then this 75%-25% rule is met.  If one of the parents is awarded JOINT LEGAL CUSTODY of the children, but only one of the parents is the primary physical custodian, then use this calculator. For all new cases, use the 2008 Calculator. For modification cases where a support order was established prior to 2008, use the "Before 2008" Calculator until 2010.
Joint Physical Custody Child Support Calculator (2008)
Joint Physical Custody Child Support Calculator (Before 2008)
    Use this calculator only in cases where the parties' children spend more than 25% of the nights each year with each of the parents.  For all new cases, use the 2008 Calculator. For modification cases where a support order was established prior to 2008, use the "Before 2008" Calculator until 2010.  WARNING:  The web version of this calculator is not yet updated to reflect the new 2000 legislative changes.
Split Custody Child Support Calculator (2008)
Split Custody Child Support Calculator (Before 2008)
    Use this calculator only in cases where one or more of the parties' children reside principally with one of the parents and one or more of the parties' other children reside principally with the other parent. For all new cases, use the 2008 Calculator. For modification cases where a support order was established prior to 2008, use the "Before 2008" Calculator until 2010.
Children in Present Home Calculator
    This calculator is only available with the purchase of the Utah Child Support Calculator.  For information on purchasing the Calculator, press here.

    This is not really a separate child support calculator.  Instead it is used to determine the appropriate dollar amount to insert in the other three calculators in cases where either of the parents has his or her natural or adopted children living with him or her who are not also children of this marriage or relationship.

    A parent who has children from another relationship who are living with him or her (and therefore does not pay child support for those children) is entitled to deduct from his or her income an amount sufficient to reflect the support he or she gives to those children.  This calculator determines the amount of deduction from income which is then used in the other support calculators.

    For example, suppose Jane Doe and John Doe have a child together, and Jane is awarded custody of the child.  Jane was previously married and had a child from the prior marriage.  She was also awarded custody of the child from the prior marriage.  Jane is entitled to deduct from her income an amount sufficient to reflect the support she gives to the child from the previous relationship.  The amount of Jane's deduction is calculated using the Children in Present Home Support Calculator.  Once the amount of the deduction is calculated using the Children in Present Home Support Calculator, that amount is inserted in the appropriate line of the Sole Custody Child Support Calculator.

Low Income Child Support Calculator
    This calculator is only available with the purchase of the Utah Child Support Calculator.  For information on purchasing the Calculator, press here.

    This calculator calculates child support using Utah's Low Income Tables.  These tables and this calculator only apply in cases where the obligor parents earns less than $1,050.00 per month gross income.