{"data":{"id":"us-vt/15b-v.s.a.-1704","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"15B V.S.A. § 1704","heading":"Initiation of proceeding by support enforcement agency","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under this chapter, the support enforcement agency of this State shall:\n(1) transmit and receive applications; and\n(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State.\n(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:\n(1) recognition or enforcement, or both, of a foreign support order;\n(2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this State;\n(3) establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;\n(4) establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under subdivision 1708(b)(2), (4), or (9) of this title;\n(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and\n(6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(c) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:\n(1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State;\n(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of this State; and\n(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(d) A tribunal of this State may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.","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/017/01704","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:00Z","sha256":"52013ab551987cd332015a8f13499f2b4ffd8a5d0996c82b79f39383fc2bf867","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/15b-v.s.a.-1703","next":"us-vt/15b-v.s.a.-1705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}