The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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UNIFORM DESERTION AND NONSUPPORT ACT
(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 205)
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§ 205. Order for payment; probation; recognizance
Before the trial, with the consent of the respondent, or at the trial on entry of
a plea of guilty, or after conviction, instead of imposing the penalty provided in
section 202 of this title, or in addition thereto, the court, in its discretion, having regard to the circumstances
and to the financial ability or earning capacity of the respondent, may make an order
that shall be subject to change by the court from time to time, as circumstances may
require, directing the respondent to pay a certain sum periodically to the spouse
or to the guardian or custodian of the child or to an organization or individual approved
by the court as trustee or to a parent or his or her guardian. Such court may order
the respondent released from custody and placed on probation, upon his or her entering
into a recognizance, with or without surety, in such sum as the court, or a judge
thereof in vacation, may order and approve. The condition of the recognizance shall
be such that if the respondent shall make his or her personal appearance in court
whenever ordered so to do and shall further comply with the terms of such order of
support, or of any subsequent modification thereof, such recognizance shall be void,
otherwise in full force and effect. (Amended 1973, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)