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. § 1605)
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§ 1605. Notice of registration of an order
(a) When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign
support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this State must notify the
nonregistering party. The notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the registered
order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.
(b) Notice issued pursuant to this section must inform the nonregistering party:
(1) that a registered support order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the
same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this State;
(2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must
be requested within 20 days after notice unless the registered order is under section 1707 of this title;
(3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely
manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the
alleged arrearages; and
(4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
(c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, notice issued
pursuant to this section must also:
(1) identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to
be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;
(2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling
order;
(3) state that the procedures provided in subsection (b) of this section apply to the
determination of which is the controlling order; and
(4) state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to
be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order
is the controlling order.
(d) Upon registration of an income withholding order for enforcement, the Office of Child
Support shall notify the obligor’s employer pursuant to 15 V.S.A. chapter 11. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)