VERMONT Part 14

The courts use the Vermont Child Support guidelines to determine the child support. The guidelines will be followed unless the parents have agreed to a different child support amount or the courts determine the guidelines are unjust for a particular case.

Health insurance coverage for the child may be ordered. The court may require security or wage withholding. Every order of child support is made subject to a wage assignment in the event of delinquency and requires the payments to be made to the registry in the Office of Child Support, unless the situation falls under an exception to the rules shown in Vermont Statutes Annotated; Title 33, Section 4103. In cases where one parent is granted sole custody of the child, the noncustodial parent is required to send his or her support payments directly to the custodial parent.