Vermont § 1-101 - Definitions As used in this title:
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§ 1-101. Definitions As used in this title:
- (1) “Adoptee” means a person who is adopted or is to be adopted. (2) “Adult” means a person who has attained 18 years of age. (3) “Agency” means the Department or a child-placing public or private entity that is
licensed in this State to place minors for adoption. (4) “Child” means a minor or an adult son or daughter, by birth or adoption. (5) “Child with special needs” means a child with a special factor or condition, including
ethnic background, age, membership in a minority or sibling group, medical condition,
or physical, mental, or emotional disability, because of which it is reasonable to
conclude that the child cannot be placed with adoptive parents without providing adoption
or medical assistance. (6) “Court,” with reference to a court of this State, means the Probate Division of the
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