The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
007
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CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 793)
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§ 793. Credit reporting
(a) Information regarding the amount of arrearages owed by an obligor may be made available
by the Office of Child Support to any consumer credit bureau organization upon the
request of the organization, only if the amount of the arrearages is at least one-quarter
of the annual support obligation and the Office of Child Support has notified the
obligor by first-class mail or other means likely to give actual notice of the proposed
action and given a period not to exceed 20 days to contest the accuracy of the information
with the Office of Child Support. In computing the amount of an arrearage, any arrearage
accumulated after a motion to modify has been filed shall not be included.
(b) The Office of Child Support shall immediately notify each credit bureau organization
to which information has been furnished of any increases or decreases in the account
balance. (Added 1989, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), § 28; amended 1997, No. 63, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.)