UT HB0555

Courts must enter specific findings on parties' ability to pay attorney fees, costs, and witness fees for temporary orders in custody, parent-time, child support, alimony, or property division cases

Courts shall award reasonable attorney fees and costs to the substantially prevailing party in enforcement actions for custody, parent-time, child support, alimony, or property division orders

Courts may award no fees or limited fees if a party is indigent or did not bring the action to harass, cause delay, needlessly increase litigation costs, or abuse the judicial process

Denied petitions to modify custody or parent-time require the petitioner to pay the respondent's attorney fees if the court finds the petition was frivolous and brought to harass or abuse the process

Effective date: May 6, 2026