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Home » US Law » 2022 Vermont Statutes » Title 15B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996) » Chapter 16 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of a Support Order

§ 1601. Registration of an order for enforcement

§ 1601. Registration of an order for enforcement A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State for enforcement. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)

§ 1602. Procedure to register an order for enforcement

§ 1602. Procedure to register an order for enforcement (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 1706 of this title, a support order or income withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State by sending the following records to the tribunal in this State: (1) a letter […]

§ 1603. Effect of registration for enforcement

§ 1603. Effect of registration for enforcement (a) A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this State. (b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the […]

§ 1604. Choice of law

§ 1604. Choice of law (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs: (1) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered support order; (2) the computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages […]

§ 1605. Notice of registration of an order

§ 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 […]

§ 1606. Procedure to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order

§ 1606. Procedure to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered support order in this State shall request a hearing within the time required by section 1605 of this title. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, […]

§ 1607. Contest of registration or enforcement

§ 1607. Contest of registration or enforcement (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses: (1) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party; (2) the order was obtained by […]

§ 1608. Confirmed order

§ 1608. Confirmed order Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)

§ 1610. Effect of registration for modification

§ 1610. Effect of registration for modification A tribunal of this State and the Office of Child Support may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this State, but the registered order may be […]

§ 1611. Modification of an order of another state

§ 1611. Modification of an order of another state (a) If section 1613 of this title does not apply, upon petition a tribunal of this State may modify a child support order issued in another state which is registered in this State, if after notice and hearing, it finds that: (1) the following requirements are […]

§ 1612. Recognition of an order modified in another state

§ 1612. Recognition of an order modified in another state If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this State is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this State: (1) may enforce its order that was modified only […]

§ 1614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification

§ 1614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the […]

§ 1615. Jurisdiction to modify an order of a foreign country

§ 1615. Jurisdiction to modify an order of a foreign country (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 1711 of this title, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this State may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support […]

§ 1616. Procedure to register an order of a foreign country for modification

§ 1616. Procedure to register an order of a foreign country for modification A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the Convention may register that order in this State under sections 1601 through 1608 of this title if the order has […]