Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 655
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 655
- Court: means the court with jurisdiction over a child support proceeding. See
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Parental support obligation: means the proportion of total support obligation a parent is ordered to pay in money as child support. See
- Support: means periodic payments ordered for the support of dependent children or, for the purposes of sections 783-790 of this title only, a spouse. See
- Total support obligation: means the sum of money determined by adding:
§ 655. Total child support obligation
In any proceeding to establish or modify child support, the total support obligation shall be presumed to be the amount of child support needed, from which a parental support obligation shall be calculated and ordered to be paid unless support is established under section 659 of this title. The court shall review the adequacy of a child support amount agreed to by the parties with reference to the total support obligation. (Added 1985, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 1, 1987.)