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Utah divorce law currently gives courts broad discretion in dividing property between spouses without a statutory definition of what counts as shared property or a default rule for how it should be split. This bill would define "marital property" as assets, debts, and obligations acquired during the marriage, including pre-marital property that has become mixed in with marital assets to the point it can no longer be separated, or pre-marital property that the other spouse helped maintain, protect, or improve; it would exclude gifts, inheritances, and property covered by a valid agreement between the spouses. The bill would also establish that courts must presume marital property should be divided equally between divorcing spouses, unless a party shows an exceptional circumstance justifying an unequal split, such as one spouse undermining the other's financial stability or wastefully depleting shared assets in anticipation of divorce. The bill would take effect May 6, 2026.