§ 654. Support guideline
The Secretary of Human Services shall prescribe by rule a guideline for child support that reflects the percent of combined available income that parents living in the same household in Vermont ordinarily spend on their children. The rule shall be based on the concept that children should receive the same proportion of parental income after separation or divorce of their parents as they would receive if their parents were living together in one household. The rule shall be based on the financial needs of Vermont children, established by such reliable data as most accurately reflect their needs. The amounts of child support determined under the guideline shall be expressed in dollars and shall be presumed to be the total support obligation of parents. The Secretary may amend the guideline from time to time as may be necessary, but not less than once every four years. The Secretary shall also prepare and make available forms suitable for calculating amounts payable under this section. (Added 1985, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 1, 1987; amended 1989, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 11 - Annulment and Divorce
§ 511. Void civil marriages; consanguinity, affinity, or living spouse
§ 512. Voidable civil marriages—Grounds for annulment generally
§ 513. Party under age of 16 years
§ 514. Party is mentally incapable of entering into civil marriage
§ 515. Party physically incapacitated
§ 517. Custody and maintenance of issue
§ 518. Declarations of parties not sufficient proof
§ 520. Children of civil marriage annulled
§ 551. Grounds for divorce from bond of matrimony
§ 558. Woman allowed to take maiden name
§ 559. Change of children’s names
§ 591. Jurisdiction and power of courts
§ 593. Place for bringing action; caption of divorce action
§ 594. Representation and testimony of child
§ 604. Costs on motion to revise
§ 606. Action to recover maintenance, child support, and suit money; sanction for noncompliance
§ 607. Action by attorney to recover suit money
§ 632. Jurisdiction; guardian ad litem for libelee with a mental incapacity
§ 633. Duty of State’s Attorney
§ 634. Alimony; distribution of property; care and custody of children
§ 650. Legislative findings and purpose
§ 655. Total child support obligation
§ 656. Computation of parental support obligation
§ 656a. Adjustment for additional dependents
§ 657. Shared or split physical custody
§ 661. Child support maintenance supplement
§ 663. Support orders; required contents
§ 665. Rights and responsibilities order; best interests of the child
§ 665a. Conditions of parent-child contact in cases involving domestic violence
§ 666. Agreements between parents
§ 668a. Enforcement of visitation
§ 682. Final order; modification
§ 684. Emergency motion to modify; permanent modification
§ 686. No existing final order
§ 687. Duty to cooperate and disclose information
§ 688. Failure to exercise parent-child contact rights
§ 712. Whole of real estate may be sold
§ 714. Disposition of proceeds
§ 753. Conveyance of realty after legal separation
§ 754. Judgment effective to convey real estate
§ 755. Judge out of office may sign judgment for maintenance
§ 756. Court may order money paid to trustees
§ 758. Revision of judgment relating to maintenance
§ 781. Withholding wages upon issuance or modification of support order after July 1, 1990
§ 782. Expedited procedure for wage withholding
§ 783. Wage withholding; notice and hearing
§ 785. Wage withholding orders
§ 786. Obligee’s responsibility
§ 787. Employer’s responsibility; compensation
§ 788. Parent’s responsibility
§ 789. Wage withholding exemptions; priorities and limitations
§ 790. Employee protected; penalty
§ 791. Arrearage judgment lien
§ 795. Licenses or governmental contracts
§ 798. Enforcement of child support orders; suspension of licenses