2018 Vermont Statutes
Title 15B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)
Chapter 11 - General Provisions
§ 1105 Application to a resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding
§ 1105. Application to a resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding
(a) A tribunal of this State shall apply chapters 11 through 16 and, as applicable, chapter 17 of this title to a support proceeding involving:
(1) a foreign support order;
(2) a foreign tribunal; or
(3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
(b) A tribunal of this State that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of chapters 11 through 16 of this title.
(c) Chapter 17 of this title applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of chapter 17 is inconsistent with chapters 11 through 16 of this title, chapter 17 controls. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
