62A-4a-114 - Financial reimbursement by parent or legal guardian. - Utah Statutes

62A-4a-114. Financial reimbursement by parent or legal guardian.
(1) The division shall seek reimbursement of funds it has expended on behalf of a childin the protective custody, temporary custody, or custody of the division, from the child's parentsor legal guardians in accordance with an order for child support under Section 78A-6-1106.
(2) A parent or any other obligated person is not responsible for support for periods oftime that a child is removed upon a finding by the Juvenile Court that there were insufficientgrounds for that removal and that child is returned to the home of the parent, parents, or legalguardians based upon that finding.
(3) In the event that the Juvenile Court finds that there were insufficient grounds for theinitial removal, but that the child is to remain in the custody of the state, the Juvenile Court shallorder that the parents or any other obligated persons are responsible for support from the point atwhich it became improper to return the child to the home of his or her parent, parents, or legalguardians.
(4) The attorney general shall represent the division in any legal action taken to enforcethis section.

Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session