{"data":{"id":"us-vt/15b-v.s.a.-1711","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"15B V.S.A. § 1711","heading":"Modification of convention support order","body":"(a) A tribunal of this State may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:\n(1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this State, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or\n(2) the foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.\n(b) If a tribunal of this State does not modify a Convention child-support order because the order is not recognized in this State, subsection 1708(c) of this title applies.","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/017/01711","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:00Z","sha256":"a177e2e1d0e8d63e7f26b478997de3460a35e76edccc9170d6adf85b90671608","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/15b-v.s.a.-1710","next":"us-vt/15b-v.s.a.-1712"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}