Child Support Modification - Preparation Worksheet - Vermont

DO NOT FILE THIS PACKET. Use it to prepare the current Vermont Judiciary
Motion to Modify Child Support, required affidavit, financial affidavits,
child-support calculation, service papers, and any proposed order accepted by
the Family Division. The existing order remains operative unless and until the
court changes it.

VERMONT CHILD-SUPPORT MODIFICATION PREPARATION PACKET

1. Case-Control Sheet

☐ The filing route was checked for a Vermont order, registered foreign order, pending temporary order, final order, and OCS case as applicable.

2. Section 660 Threshold Screen

Check every potentially applicable route and attach the supporting calculation
or record. Do not label a change “unanticipated” merely because the result is
undesirable.

A. General Change Route — § 660(a)(1)

☐ The movant will allege a real, substantial, and unanticipated change of circumstances.

B. Three-Year Waiver Route — § 660(a)(1)

If the child-support order has not been modified by the court for at least three
years, § 660(a)(1) says the court may waive the change-of-circumstances
showing. This is discretionary, not an automatic modification.

C. More-Than-Ten-Percent Route — § 660(b)

Section 660(b) deems a qualifying change when the current order varies more
than ten percent from the amount required under the support guideline.

☐ The variance is more than 10%, not merely equal to 10%.

☐ Both parties' current financial information and the correct current custody calculation were used.

D. Listed Change Routes — § 660(c)

☐ Workers' compensation, disability benefits, or means-tested public assistance benefits: [________________________________]

☐ Unemployment compensation not considered when the current order was established: [________________________________]

☐ Incarceration for more than 90 days, not incarceration for failure to pay child support: [________________________________]

E. Other Current-Authority Route

☐ Other modification basis approved by counsel: [________________________________]

Current authority and required showing: [________________________________]

3. Movant and Order Verification

Section 660(a)(1) identifies the parents, OCS, a person previously granted
support, and a person previously charged with support as potential movants.

4. Current Financial Record

Use the financial affidavit required for the case type and the current OCS
calculator or calculation instructions. Do not hard-code a percentage, presumed
income, self-support reserve, medical allocation, or overnight category from
this packet.

Income and Adjustment Inventory

Required or Requested Exchange

☐ Current pay records

☐ Required tax returns

☐ Self-employment income and expense records

☐ Benefit award, termination, or unemployment records

☐ Health-insurance premium and coverage records

☐ Child-care invoices, subsidies, and work or education schedule

☐ Parenting schedule and overnight calendar

☐ Other current calculation record: [________________________________]

5. Section 660(d) Affidavit-and-Calculation Route

A motion under § 660(b) or (c) must be accompanied by an affidavit setting out
calculations demonstrating entitlement, served on the other parties, and filed
with the court. After proof of service and a sufficient calculation, § 660(d)
provides for an order on the calculations unless a party requests a hearing
within 15 days of service or receipt; the court must conduct a requested hearing
within 20 days. No order may be modified without a hearing when one is requested.

☐ Counsel verified how the operative court rules calculate both statutory periods and how service or receipt is proved.

6. Requested Effective Date — § 660(e)

Section 660(e) permits modification only for future installments and
installments accruing after notice of the motion; the filing date is deemed the
notice date. This packet does not determine when a particular installment
accrues or guarantee modification back to filing.

☐ The request does not seek modification of installments outside § 660(e).

7. Affidavit Fact Draft

Use the current court affidavit form and its required oath or declaration. The
following is a fact organizer only.

1. I am [NAME], the [PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT / OTHER ROLE] in Case No. [NUMBER].

2. The current child-support order was entered on [DATE] and requires [EXACT TERMS].

3. The court last modified child support on [DATE / NO LATER MODIFICATION FOUND].

4. Since the current order, the following occurred: [FACTS, DATES, AND SOURCES].

5. The applicable § 660 route is [SUBSECTION AND EXPLANATION].

6. The attached current calculation uses [IDENTIFY FINANCIAL AFFIDAVITS, CALCULATOR OR TABLES, CUSTODY MODEL, AND DATE].

7. The current ordered amount is $[____] per [____]; the calculated guideline amount is $[____] per [____].

8. The requested order is [PRECISE SUPPORT, MEDICAL, PAYMENT, AND EFFECTIVE-DATE REQUEST].

9. Supporting exhibits are [LIST].

☐ Every statement is based on personal knowledge or identifies its record source.

☐ The signer will use the exact execution method required by the current official affidavit form.

8. Proposed-Order Worksheet

Do not submit this worksheet as an order. Transfer only court-authorized terms
to the current proposed Child Support Order or other accepted form.

9. Filing and Service Record

10. Final Do-Not-File Checklist

☐ The current court forms—not this packet—will be filed.

☐ The caption, party designations, unit, case number, and current order match the docket.

☐ The chosen § 660 route is stated accurately, including “may waive,” “more than ten percent,” and every exception relevant to the facts.

☐ The motion includes the required affidavit and current calculation materials.

☐ Current financial affidavits, calculator instructions, tables, and custody method were used.

☐ Filing, fee, service, OCS, proof-of-service, and hearing-notice requirements were checked for the exact procedural posture.

☐ No generic annual disclosure, employment-change notice, fixed medical split, interest rate, wage-withholding, penalty, fee, jury, arbitration, or enforcement term was imported from the old template.

☐ The requested effective date complies with § 660(e), and the existing order will be followed until changed by the court.

☐ Protected personal, financial, child, medical, and account information is handled under current court rules.

☐ A complete filed copy, exhibits, service proof, receipts, notices, and resulting order will be retained.