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. § 1802)
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§ 1802. Conditions of rendition
(a) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual
charged criminally in this State with having failed to provide for the support of
an obligee, the Governor of this State may require the prosecutor who has brought
the criminal charge for the state to demonstrate that at least 60 days previously
the obligee had initiated proceedings for support pursuant to this title or that the
proceeding would be of no avail.
(b) If, under this title or a law substantially similar to this title, the governor of
another state makes a demand that the Governor of this State surrender an individual
charged criminally in that state with having failed to provide for the support of
a child or other individual to whom a duty of support is owed, the Governor may require
a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a proceeding for support
has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a proceeding would be
effective but has not been initiated, the Governor may delay honoring the demand for
a reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding.
(c) If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the individual whose rendition
is demanded prevails, the Governor may decline to honor the demand. If the petitioner
prevails and the individual whose rendition is demanded is subject to a support order,
the Governor may decline to honor the demand if the individual is complying with the
support order. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)