The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
003
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PROCEEDINGS GENERALLY
(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 607)
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§ 607. Action by attorney to recover suit money
When a final order has been made providing for the payment by either party of suit
money to the attorney for the opposite party or for a minor child of the parties,
and service of the order has been made or accepted, the attorney may recover the suit
money by a civil action on this section or by contempt proceedings brought in the
attorney’s own name, either with or without the consent of the client. (Added 1981, No. 247 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)