Vermont § 1-110 - Notice of intent to retain parental rights
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 1-110 — Notice of intent to retain parental rights, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1-110. Notice of intent to retain parental rights
- (a) At any time, a parent or alleged parent of a child born in this State may file in
any Probate Division of the Superior Court in this State a notice of intent to retain
parental rights. The notice shall specify the name and address of the person filing
it, the name and last known address of the other parent of the minor, the name of
the minor, if known, and the date or approximate date of the minor’s date of birth. (b) Each Probate Division of the Superior Court shall maintain a notice filed with that
court under subsection (a) of this section within an electronic database that shall
serve as a central repository for all such notices. (c) When a petition to adopt a minor is filed in this State, the register of the Probate
Division of the Superior Court in which it is filed shall determine as of the date
of the petition whether or not a notice has been filed under this section with respect
to the minor to be adopted. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2019, No. 40, § 3.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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