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Statutes > Utah > Title-78b > Chapter-15 > 78b-15-10278B-15-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Adjudicated father" means a man who has been adjudicated by a tribunal to be thefather of a child.
(2) "Alleged father" means a man who alleges himself to be, or is alleged to be, thegenetic father or a possible genetic father of a child, but whose paternity has not beendetermined.
(3) "Assisted reproduction" means a method of causing pregnancy other than sexualintercourse. The term includes:
(a) intrauterine insemination;
(b) donation of eggs;
(c) donation of embryos;
(d) in vitro fertilization and transfer of embryos; and
(e) intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
(4) "Birth expenses" means all medical costs associated with the birth of a child,including the related expenses for the biological mother during her pregnancy and delivery.
(5) "Birth mother" means the biological mother of a child.
(6) "Child" means an individual of any age whose parentage may be determined underthis chapter.
(7) "Commence" means to file the initial pleading seeking an adjudication of parentagein the appropriate tribunal of this state.
(8) "Declarant father" means a male who, along with the biological mother claims to bethe genetic father of a child, and signs a voluntary declaration of paternity to establish the man'spaternity.
(9) "Determination of parentage" means the establishment of the parent-childrelationship by the signing of a valid declaration of paternity under Part 3, Voluntary Declarationof Paternity Act, or adjudication by a tribunal.
(10) "Donor" means an individual who produces eggs or sperm used for assistedreproduction, whether or not for consideration. The term does not include:
(a) a husband who provides sperm, or a wife who provides eggs, to be used for assistedreproduction by the wife;
(b) a woman who gives birth to a child by means of assisted reproduction, except asotherwise provided in Part 8, Gestational Agreement; or
(c) a parent under Part 7, Child of Assisted Reproduction, or an intended parent underPart 8, Gestational Agreement.
(11) "Ethnic or racial group" means, for purposes of genetic testing, a recognized groupthat an individual identifies as all or part of the individual's ancestry or that is so identified byother information.
(12) "Financial support" means a base child support award as defined in Section78B-12-102, all past-due support which accrues under an order for current periodic payments,and sum certain judgments for past-due support.
(13) "Genetic testing" means an analysis of genetic markers to exclude or identify a manas the father or a woman as the mother of a child. The term includes an analysis of one or acombination of the following:
(a) deoxyribonucleic acid; or
(b) blood-group antigens, red-cell antigens, human-leukocyte antigens, serum enzymes,serum proteins, or red-cell enzymes.
(14) "Gestational mother" means an adult woman who gives birth to a child under agestational agreement.
(15) "Man," as defined in this chapter, means a male individual of any age.
(16) "Medical support" means a provision in a support order that requires the purchaseand maintenance of appropriate insurance for health and dental expenses of dependent children,and assigns responsibility for uninsured medical expenses.
(17) "Parent" means an individual who has established a parent-child relationship underSection 78B-15-201.
(18) "Parent-child relationship" means the legal relationship between a child and a parentof the child. The term includes the mother-child relationship and the father-child relationship.
(19) "Paternity index" means the likelihood of paternity calculated by computing theratio between:
(a) the likelihood that the tested man is the father, based on the genetic markers of thetested man and child, conditioned on the hypothesis that the tested man is the father of the child;and
(b) the likelihood that the tested man is not the father, based on the genetic markers ofthe tested man and child, conditioned on the hypothesis that the tested man is not the father of thechild and that the father is of the same ethnic or racial group as the tested man.
(20) "Presumed father" means a man who, by operation of law under Section78B-15-204, is recognized as the father of a child until that status is rebutted or confirmed as setforth in this chapter.
(21) "Probability of paternity" means the measure, for the ethnic or racial group to whichthe alleged father belongs, of the probability that the man in question is the father of the child,compared with a random, unrelated man of the same ethnic or racial group, expressed as apercentage incorporating the paternity index and a prior probability.
(22) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is storedin an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(23) "Signatory" means an individual who authenticates a record and is bound by itsterms.
(24) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, theUnited States Virgin Islands, any territory, Native American Tribe, or insular possession subjectto the jurisdiction of the United States.
(25) "Support-enforcement agency" means a public official or agency authorized underTitle IV-D of the Social Security Act which has the authority to seek:
(a) enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support;
(b) establishment or modification of child support;
(c) determination of parentage; or
(d) location of child-support obligors and their income and assets.
(26) "Tribunal" means a court of law, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entityauthorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
