Vermont § 1311 - Pleadings and accompanying documents

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§ 1311. Pleadings and accompanying documents

  • (a) In a proceeding under this title, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order
    to determine parentage of a child or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal
    of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered
    under section 1312 of this title, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name,
    residential address, and Social Security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or
    the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, Social Security
    number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose
    parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition
    must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another
    tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating
    or identifying the respondent. (b) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents
    must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by
    federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)

Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 1311 ("Pleadings and accompanying documents") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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