Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1507

  • Foreign support order: means a support order of a foreign tribunal. See
  • Income: includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any source and any other property subject to withholding for support under the law of this State. See
  • Income withholding order: means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor's employer or other debtor, as defined by 15 Vt. See
  • Law: includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law. See
  • Obligor: means an individual or the estate of a decedent that:

  • Register: means to file in a tribunal of this State a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child issued in another state or a 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:

  • Support order: means a judgment, decree, order, decision, or directive whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support, or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. See

§ 1507. Administrative enforcement of orders

(a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this State.

(b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this State to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this title. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)