2011 Vermont Code
Title 15B Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)
Chapter 3 CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
§ 301 Proceedings under this title

§ 301. Proceedings under this title

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, this chapter applies to all proceedings under this title.

(b) This title provides for the following proceedings:

(1) establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursuant to chapter 4 of this title;

(2) enforcement of a support order and income withholding order of another state without registration pursuant to chapter 5 of this title;

(3) registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another state for enforcement pursuant to chapter 6 of this title;

(4) modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a tribunal of this state pursuant to chapter 2, part B of this title;

(5) registration of an order for child support of another state for modification pursuant to chapter 6 of this title;

(6) determination of parentage pursuant to chapter 7 of this title; and

(7) assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents pursuant to chapter 2, part A of this title.

(c) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence a proceeding authorized under this title by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent. (Added 1997, No. 11, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.)