§ 204. Temporary orders
At any time before the trial, upon application of the complainant and upon notice to the respondent, the court, or a judge thereof in vacation, may enter such temporary order as may seem just providing for the support of the deserted spouse or child, or both, or of such parents, pendente lite, and may punish for violation of such order as for contempt. (Amended 1973, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support
§ 202. Penalty for desertion or nonsupport
§ 203. Institution of proceedings
§ 205. Order for payment; probation; recognizance
§ 206. Proceedings on failure to comply
§ 207. Evidence; competency of parties as witnesses
§ 209. Disposition, care, and maintenance of children
§ 291. When a married person deserts or fails to support his or her spouse
§ 293. When parents live separately