§ 1603. Effect of registration for enforcement
(a) A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this State.
(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this State.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 15B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)
Chapter 16 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of a Support Order
§ 1601. Registration of an order for enforcement
§ 1602. Procedure to register an order for enforcement
§ 1603. Effect of registration for enforcement
§ 1605. Notice of registration of an order
§ 1606. Procedure to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order
§ 1607. Contest of registration or enforcement
§ 1609. Procedure to register a child support order of another state for modification
§ 1610. Effect of registration for modification
§ 1611. Modification of an order of another state
§ 1612. Recognition of an order modified in another state
§ 1614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification
§ 1615. Jurisdiction to modify an order of a foreign country
§ 1616. Procedure to register an order of a foreign country for modification