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Utah House passes updated child-support guidelines after heated debate, restores judicial discretion on exemptions
Summary
The House approved Second Substitute Senate Bill 23 to update Utah—hild-support tables and extend income brackets to $100,000, but adopted a substitute amendment keeping tax-exemption awards to judicial discretion; final vote was 39-34.
The Utah House of Representatives passed Second Substitute Senate Bill 23 on Feb. 27, 2007, updating the state's child-support guidelines and extending the joint-income table ceiling from $10,000 to $100,000 a month, but the chamber adopted a substitute amendment that left decisions about dependent tax exemptions to judges or administrative agencies.
Representative Fout, who brought the bill to the floor, said the measure reflects recommendations of an 11-member study committee that reviewed economic data and prepared guidelines over several years. "These individuals studied these issues for 3 years, met monthly, and made recommendations,"…
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