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.
(Cite as: 15B V.S.A. § 1304)
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§ 1304. Duties of initiating tribunal
(a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this title, an initiating tribunal of
this State or the Office of Child Support shall forward one copy of the petition and
its accompanying documents:
(1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding
state; or
(2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency
of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal
and that receipt be acknowledged.
(b) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this State or the Office of
Child Support shall issue a certificate or other document, and make findings required
by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country,
upon request, the tribunal of this State or the Office of Child Support shall specify
the amount of support sought to convert that amount into the equivalent amount in
the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly
reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of
the responding foreign tribunal. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)