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Senate approves substitute for SB 263 to let judges optionally impute income for stay-at-home parents
Summary
The Senate passed first substitute Senate Bill 263, which makes imputation of income for a custodial parent who stays home voluntary ("may" not "shall") and permits judges to award an additional credit or offset in child-support calculations in appropriate circumstances; the substitute passed 27–0 with two absent and is sent to the House.
The Utah Senate on March 11 passed the first substitute to Senate Bill 263, a measure addressing how courts impute income for custodial parents who stay home to care for children. Sponsor Senator Weiler told the body the substitute changes mandatory imputation language to discretionary language: the court "may" impute a monthly obligation rather than "shall,"…
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