{"data":{"id":"us-vt/15b-v.s.a.-1701","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"15B V.S.A. § 1701","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(1) “Application” means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority.\n(2) “Central authority” means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country to perform the functions specified in the Convention.\n(3) “Convention support order” means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country.\n(4) “Direct request” means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of this State in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States.\n(5) “Foreign central authority” means the entity designated by a foreign country to perform the functions specified in the Convention.\n(6) “Foreign support agreement”:\n(A) means an agreement for support in a record that:\n(i) is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin;\n(ii) has been formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal or authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal; and\n(iii) may be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal; and\n(B) includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the Convention.\n(7) “U.S. central authority” means the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","path":["Title 15B: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)","Chapter 017: Support Proceeding Under the Convention"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/15B/017/01701","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:00Z","sha256":"d962b31cd0d26c9b310201919c8c2a72771a0dcfdf395ff7cd40c1d109e5c502","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/15b-v.s.a.-1616","next":"us-vt/15b-v.s.a.-1702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}