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. § 1311)
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§ 1311. Pleadings and accompanying documents
(a) In a proceeding under this title, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order
to determine parentage of a child or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal
of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered
under section 1312 of this title, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name,
residential address, and Social Security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or
the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, Social Security
number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose
parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition
must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another
tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating
or identifying the respondent.
(b) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents
must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by
federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)