Vermont § 1201 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident
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§ 1201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident
- (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage
of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident
individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator for any of the following: (1) The individual is personally served with notice of the proceeding within this State. (2) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this State by consent in a record by
entering a general appearance, or by filing with the tribunal a responsive document
having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction. (3) The individual resided with the child in this State. (4) The individual resided in this State and provided prenatal expenses or support for
the child. (5) The child resides in this State as a result of the acts or directives of the individual. (6) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this State and the child may have
been conceived by that act of intercourse. (7) The individual asserted parentage of a child in the putative father registry maintained
in this State by the Probate Division of Superior Court in the District of Chittenden. (8) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this State and the United
States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction. (b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) of this section or
in any other law of this State may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for
a tribunal of this State to modify a child support order of another state unless the
requirements of section 1611 of this title are met, or in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of section 1615 of this title are met. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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