Utah legal term
Family in Utah Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Utah legislative session
In Utah criminal law, “Family” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Utah criminal code.
What does “Family” mean in Utah criminal law?
"Family" means any individual related to the victim as a spouse, child, sibling, parent, or grandparent, or the victim's legal guardian. (Utah Code Ann. § 77-27-1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Assault against a child welfare worker or a family member of a child welfare worker
- Assault or threat of violence against a peace officer or a family member of a peace officer
- Public assistance fraud by a provider
- Stalking
- Additional rights
- Aggravated assault with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere, or retaliate against a judge or member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or acting against a family member of a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole
- Assault with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere, or retaliate against a judge or member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or acting against a family member of a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole
- Attempted murder with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere, or retaliate against a judge or member of the Board of Pardons and Parole or acting against a family member of a judge or a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole
- Custodial interference
- Custodial sexual relations with youth receiving state services
- Providing false information to a law enforcement officer, government agency, or specified professional
- Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant
Related terms in the same statutes
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