Legal Opinion
Office of Child Support v. Sholan
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided September 11, 2001No. 00-434PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In this international child support case, appellant and father Randall Sholan challenges the Caledonia Family Court’s jurisdiction to enforce a child support order entered against him in the Federal Republic of Germany. We hold that the family court has jurisdiction to enforce the order, and affirm.
On November 8, 1995, in the Federal Republic of Germany, father signed a document acknowledging his paternity of Bianka Sehwebler, daughter of Elisabeth Sehwebler, and also acknowledging his obligation to support Bianka. The Schweblers are residents of Germany. On April 4, 1999, mother filed a…
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