{"data":{"id":"us-vt/15-v.s.a.-655","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"15 V.S.A. § 655","heading":"Total child support obligation","body":"In any proceeding to establish or modify child support, the total support obligation shall be presumed to be the amount of child support needed, from which a parental support obligation shall be calculated and ordered to be paid unless support is established under section 659 of this title. The court shall review the adequacy of a child support amount agreed to by the parties with reference to the total support obligation.","path":["Title 15: Domestic Relations","Chapter 011: Annulment and Divorce","Subchapter 003A: CHILD CUSTODY AND SUPPORT"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/15/011/00655","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:16:59Z","sha256":"949d4ba56e33bf3e8f8f87d3f87f65a21b655a316dc3066a116742bd1abfb691","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/15-v.s.a.-654","next":"us-vt/15-v.s.a.-656"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}