Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 634
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 634
- Court: means the court with jurisdiction over the proceeding. See
- Psychiatric disability: means an impairment of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that limits one or more major life activities but does not include intellectual disability. See
- Support: means periodic payments ordered for the support of dependent children or, for the purposes of sections 783-790 of this title only, a spouse. See
§ 634. Alimony; distribution of property; care and custody of children
(a) In actions brought for the cause of mental incapacity, the courts and the judges thereof shall possess all the powers relative to the payment of alimony, the distribution of property, and the care and custody of the children of the parties, that such courts now have, or may hereafter have, in other actions for divorce.
(b) The court may make such orders for the division of property held by the parties as tenants by the entirety as may be proper.
(c) No order shall be made providing for continued support of a spouse without a mental condition or psychiatric disability from the estate of a spouse with a mental condition or psychiatric disability after the remarriage of the spouse who does not have a mental condition or a psychiatric disability. (Amended 1987, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 70.)