Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 5924_v2
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 5924_v2
- Child: means a person who, by reason of minority, is legally subject to parental, guardianship, or similar control. See
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Placement: means the arrangement for the care of a child in a family free or boarding home or in a child-caring agency or institution but does not include any institution caring for the mentally ill, mentally defective, or epileptic or any institution primarily educational in character, and any hospital or other medical facility. See
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. See
[Contingently repealed; effective until contingency met.]
§ 5924. Agreements [Contingently repealed; Effective until contingency met]
The officers and agencies of this State having authority to place children are hereby empowered to enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states pursuant to subsection (b) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. Any such agreement which contains a financial commitment or imposes a financial obligation on this State or agency thereof shall not be binding unless it has the approval in writing of the Secretary of the Agency of Administration. (Added 1971, No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. April 5, 1972.)
[Contingently repealed; effective until contingency met.]
§ 5924. Agreements [Contingently repealed]
(Added 1971, No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. April 5, 1972; contingently repealed by 2021, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
[Contingently enacted.]
§ 5924. Placement of child in another state [Contingently enacted]
The officers and agencies of this State having authority to place a child in the custody of the Commissioner for Children and Families may place such a child in another state. However, unless parental rights have been judicially terminated, any such child being placed in another state pursuant to this Compact shall, upon request, be given a court hearing on notice to the parent or guardian with opportunity to be heard prior to the child’s being sent to such other state for care and the court finds that:
(1) equivalent facilities for the child are not available in this State; and
(2) care in the other state is in the best interest of the child and will not produce undue hardship. (Contingently added 2021, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)