Effect of registration for enforcement

15B V.S.A. ch. 016, § 1603, under Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of a Support Order.

15B V.S.A. ch. 016, § 1603

§ 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.)