Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3-102
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3-102
- Adoptee: means a person who is adopted or is to be adopted. See
- Agency: means the Department or a child-placing public or private entity that is licensed in this State to place minors for adoption. See
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Department: means the Department for Children and Families. See
- Minor: means a person who has not attained 18 years of age. See
- Parent: means a person who is legally recognized as a mother or father or whose consent to the adoption of a minor is required under subdivision 2-401(a)(1)-(4) or (6) of this title. See
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- Probate: Proving a will
- Relinquishment: means the voluntary surrender to an agency by a minor's parent or guardian, for purposes of the minor's adoption, of the rights of the parent or guardian with respect to the minor, including legal and physical custody of the minor. See
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
§ 3-102. Venue
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a petition for adoption may be filed in the Probate Division of the Superior Court in the district in which a petitioner resides or has legal residence at the time of filing, the adoptee resides, or an office of an agency or the Department that placed the adoptee is located.
(b) A consent or petition for relinquishment or termination of parental rights may be filed in the Probate Division of the Superior Court in the district in which the minor resides, a relinquishing parent resides, or the agency or person receiving the relinquishment has its principal place of business.
(c) Review of the appeal of a preplacement assessment shall take place in the probate division of the Superior Court in the district in which the appealing party resides or where the agency or person conducting the assessment is located. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)