interest tacked onto child support arrearages

[faithnlve]

What is the name of your state? Vt. Actually asking this for a friend. Her ex was in arrears when "she" had custody of 6,000.00. There was no interest tacked on. This was in 1997. Now she is unemployed..looking..but 5,000 in arrearages due to 1500.00 of that as interest tacked on by child support office. She called the CS Office and they said that this is custom, and has been for the last 15 years. Can she request in court to have her interest removed? She claims this is unfair. Thanks Faith

 

[BelizeBreeze]

What is the name of your state? Vt. Actually asking this for a friend. Her ex was in arrears when "she" had custody of 6,000.00. There was no interest tacked on. This was in 1997. Now she is unemployed..looking..but 5,000 in arrearages due to 1500.00 of that as interest tacked on by child support office. She called the CS Office and they said that this is custom, and has been for the last 15 years. Can she request in court to have her interest removed? She claims this is unfair. Thanks Faith

Does she pay through the CS Office? If so, have her write them a certified (RRR) letter requesting they reply with the citation of the exact Vermont statute which gives them authority to charge interest on the arrears.

from my cursory search of the statutes, it doesn't exist.

 

[fairisfair]

Does she pay through the CS Office? If so, have her write them a certified (RRR) letter requesting they reply with the citation of the exact Vermont statute which gives them authority to charge interest on the arrears.

from my cursory search of the statutes, it doesn't exist.

maybe this? since VT only charges interest on adjudicated arrearage????

Interest Rate at which Judgments Accrue In the writ of execution, the clerk shall set forth the amount of post judgment interest due per day, calculated on the full amount of principal included in the judgment at the maximum rate allowed by law. Vt. R. Civil. P. 69. The legal rate of interest shall be twelve percent per annum. Vt. Statute. Ann. tit. 9, _ 41a. Applicable Forms Notice and Acknowledgment, Vt. R. Civil. P., Form 1B or 1C. List of exemptions, Vt. R. Civil. P., Form 34. Summons to Trustee, Vt. R. Civil. P., Form 2A. Trustee's Disclosure, Vt. R. Civil. P., Form 21A. 4.0.

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