§ 701 - Proceeding to determine parentage - Vermont Statutes

§ 701. Proceeding to determine parentage

(a) A tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under this title or a law or procedure substantially similar to this title, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a particular child or to determine that a respondent is a parent of that child.

(b) In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of this state shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state, and the rules of this state on choice of law. (Added 1997, No. 11, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.)