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 Utah Administrative Code (Current through November 1, 2019)
 R527. Human Services, Recovery Services
 R527-250. Emancipation
 

  R527-250. Emancipation  

R527-250-1. Purpose and Authority
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1. Section 62A-11-107 authorizes the Office of Recovery Services/Child Support Services (ORS/CSS) to adopt, amend and enforce rules.

2. The purpose of this rule is to outline how ORS/CSS will apply Utah statute when determining the appropriate emancipation date for IV-D child support cases, particularly when determining the "child's normal and expected year of graduation" referenced in U.C.A. 78B-12-219 for Utah child support orders issued on or after July 1, 1994.
R527-250-2. Normal and Expected Year of Graduation
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  1. For a child attending school in Utah, the normal and expected year of graduation is based on kindergarten plus twelve years of school, unless an exception as listed below applies.

  2. For a child attending school in Utah, ORS/CSS will presume that the normal and expected month of graduation is May of the expected graduating year, unless the parents provide documentation of a specific graduation date for their child.

  3. If a deviation to the "kindergarten plus twelve years" standard is known at the time of entry of the child support order, the expected year of graduation is altered accordingly. If a child has been held back a grade or experienced another delay in education before the child support order is entered, the "expected" year of graduation will be changed to extend the support obligation based on the known facts about the delay in education. If the child has been advanced a grade or experienced some other acceleration in education before the child support order is entered, the "expected" year of graduation will be changed to potentially shorten the support obligation based on the facts about the acceleration in education.

  4. If a deviation to the "kindergarten plus twelve years" standard is not known until after the entry of the child support order, the "expected" year of graduation is not altered based on the new facts unless the child receives an early high school diploma, a high school equivalency diploma, or documentation is provided of early completion of high school course requirements.
R527-250-3. Early Graduation, High School Equivalency Diploma, and General Educational Development (GED)
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  ORS may cease collection of child support the month following in which the child is no longer enrolled in school, is 18 years old, and:

  1. the child receives a high school diploma at the time of early graduation;

  2. documentation is provided of the child's early completion of high school course requirements; or

  3. the child receives a high school equivalency diploma.
R527-250-4. Dropping Out of School
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  A child who no longer attends school is not considered emancipated until becoming 18 years old or the graduation of his/her normal and expected graduating class has occurred, whichever occurs later.
R527-250-5. Burden of Proof
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  1. ORS/CSS will enforce child support based on the "kindergarten plus twelve years" standard until a parent or guardian has provided appropriate documentation to support an emancipation date other than that standard.

  2. A parent or guardian requesting the deviation from the standard is responsible for gathering the appropriate documentation and providing the information to ORS/CSS.

  3. Changes to the child support amount due will not be effective until the month following the emancipation date.

  4. Changes to the child support amount which are based on a date other than the 18th birthday or the "kindergarten plus twelve year" standard will not be effective until the month following the determined date of emancipation or the month following in which the parent or guardian provides sufficient documentation to support the new emancipation date, whichever occurs later. If an over collection occurs due to the parent not providing documentation, the parent will be responsible for recovering any overpaid amounts without involving ORS/CSS.