Vermont § 1307 - Duties of support enforcement

§ 1307. Duties of support enforcement

• (a) A support enforcement agency of this State, upon request, shall provide services to
  a petitioner in a proceeding under this title. (b) A support enforcement agency of this State that is providing services to the petitioner
  shall: (1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this State or another
  state or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent; (2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing; (3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information
  as to income and property of the parties; (4) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt
  of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send
  a copy of the notice to the petitioner; (5) within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt
  of a communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent’s attorney, send
  a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and (6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained. (c) A support enforcement agency of this State that requests registration of a child support
  order in this State for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts: (1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or (2) if two or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order
  has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made
  in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so. (d) A support enforcement agency of this State that requests registration and enforcement
  of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert
  the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars
  under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported. (e) A support enforcement agency of this State shall issue or request a tribunal of this
  State to issue a child support order and an income withholding order that redirect
  payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support
  enforcement agency of another state pursuant to section 1319 of this title. (f) This title does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other
  fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the
  agency and the individual being assisted by the agency. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)