Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1301
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1301
- Foreign country: means a country, including a political subdivision thereof, other than the U. See
- Initiating tribunal: means the tribunal of a state or foreign country from which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded or in which a petition or comparable pleading is filed for forwarding to another state or foreign country. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Responding tribunal: means the authorized tribunal in a responding state or foreign country. See
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. See
- Support enforcement agency: means a public official, governmental entity, or private agency authorized to:
- Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See
§ 1301. Proceedings under this title
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, this chapter applies to all proceedings under this title.
(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate 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 or foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)