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Timestamp: 2018-01-19 15:10:32
Document Index: 63725425

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 799', '§ 4108', '§ 2740', '§ 2740', '§ 17', '§ 2740', '§ 799', '§ 4108', '§ 10', '§ 27']

Vermont Family Law Title 15 § 799
(b) Upon noncompliance with a child support order in excess of one-quarter of the annual support obligation, the office of child support may seek to attach assets owned by an obligor and held by a trustee. Prior to attaching assets held by a trustee, the office of child support shall notify the obligor of the delinquency and of the office's intent to take administrative enforcement action for liens and trustee process and shall provide the obligor with an opportunity to contest the claimed delinquency and enforcement action pursuant to 33 V.S.A. § 4108. If the obligor fails to contest the claimed delinquency within 20 days after notification, or upon final determination of a delinquency after hearing, the office of child support may issue a summons to a trustee as provided in subsection (c) of this section.
(1) the exemption in 12 V.S.A § 2740(15) shall not exceed $400.00;
(2) the exemption in 12V.S.A. § 2740(16) shall not exceed $5,000.00; and
(g) Upon notifying a trustee to attach voluntary retirement funds, the office shall give the obligor an opportunity to have the attachment removed by making alternate payment arrangements satisfactory to the office within 30 days of issuance of the summons.---Added 1997, No. 63 § 17a, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Vermont Statutes Annotated Title 12 § 2740
(2) the debtor's interest, not to exceed $5,000.00 in aggregate value, in professional trade books or tools of the profession or trade of the debtor or a dependent of the debtor;
(4) the debtor's interest, not to exceed $500.00 in aggregate value, in other jewelry held primarily for the personal, family or household use of the debtor or a dependent of the debtor;
(5) the debtor's interest, not to exceed $2,500.00 in aggregate value, in household furnishings, goods or appliances, books, wearing apparel, animals, crops or musical instruments that are held primarily for the personal, family or household use of the debtor or a dependent of the debtor;
(7) the debtor's aggregate interest in any property, not to exceed $400.00 in value, plus up to $7,000.00 of any unused amount of the exemptions provided under subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) of this sections.
(9) ten cords of firewood, five tons of coal or 500 gallons of oil;
(15) the debtor's interest, not to exceed $400.00 in value in bank deposits or deposit accounts of the debtor;
(16) the debtor's interest in self-directed retirement accounts of the debtor, including all pensions, all proceeds of and payments under annuity policies or plans, all individual retirement accounts, all Keough plans, all simplified employee pension plans, and all other plans qualified under sections 401, 403, 408, 408A or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code. However, an individual retirement account, Keough plan, simplified employee pension plan or other qualified plan, except a Roth IRA, is only exempt to the extent that contributions thereto were deductible from federal income taxation at the time of contribution, plus interest, dividends or other earnings that have accrued on those contributions, plus any growth in value of the assets held in the plan or account and acquired with those contributions. A Roth IRA is exempt to the extent that contributions thereto did not exceed the contribution limits set forth in sections 408A of the Internal Revenue Code, plus interest, dividends or other earnings on the Roth IRA from such contributions, plus any growth in value of the assets held in the Roth IRA acquired with those contributions. No contribution to a self-directed plan or account shall be exempt if made less than one calendar year from the date of filing for bankruptcy, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. Exemptions under this subdivision shall not exceed $5,000.00 for the purpose of attachment of assets by the office of child support pursuant to 15 V.S.A. § 799;
(18) Property traceable to or the debtor's right to receive, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the debtor and any dependents of the debtor;
(J) Payments under a pension, annuity, profit sharing, stock bonus, or similar plan or contract on account of death, disability, illness, or retirement from or termination of employment.
Title 33 § 4108. Grievance procedure
(c) Upon issuing a wage withholding order, the office of child support shall notify the obligor pursuant to section 788 of Title 15 of the amount of the past due child support, the consequences of failing to meet a court ordered child support obligation, and the procedure for contesting the office's action under this section.
(e) If the obligor contests the withholding within 20 days of the notice and is found not to be in arrears by more than one-twelfth of the annual support obligation on the date the notice is issued, the office, within two business days, shall notify the employer to cease withholding. In addition, the office shall pay to the obligor three times the amount erroneously withheld. ---Added 1993, No. 105, § 10; amended 1997, No. 63, § 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.