The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 15B : Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)

Chapter 017 : Support Proceeding Under the Convention

• § 1704. Initiation of proceeding by support enforcement agency

  (a) In a support proceeding under this chapter, the support enforcement agency of this State shall:

  (1) transmit and receive applications; and

  (2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State.

  (b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:

  (1) recognition or enforcement, or both, of a foreign support order;

  (2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this State;

  (3) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;

  (4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under subdivision 1708(b)(2), (4), or (9) of this title;

  (5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and

  (6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

  (c) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:

  (1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State;

  (2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and

  (3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

  (d) A tribunal of this State may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)