Vermont § 293 - When parents live separately

§ 293. When parents live separately

• (a) When parents of minor children, or parents and stepparents of minor children, whether
  said parents are married or unmarried, are living separately, on the complaint of
  either parent or stepparent or, if it is a party in interest, the Department for Children
  and Families, the Family Division of the Superior Court may make such decree concerning
  parental rights and responsibilities and parent-child contact as defined in section 664 of this title, and the support of the children, as in cases where either parent deserts or without
  just cause fails to support the children. Thereafter on the motion of either of the
  parents, the stepparent, or the Department for Children and Families, the court may
  annul, vary, or modify the decrees. (b) Any legal presumption of parentage as set forth in 15C V.S.A. § 401 or an unrescinded acknowledgment of parentage signed by the parties and executed
  in accordance with 15C V.S.A. § 301 shall be sufficient basis for initiating a support action under this section without
  any further proceedings to establish parentage. (Amended 1971, No. 98, § 3, eff. April 22, 1971; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3 eff. April 9, 1974; 1993, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 28; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238; 2023, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 13a, eff. July 1, 2024.)