Vermont § 3-301 - Standing to petition to adopt
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 3-301 — Standing to petition to adopt, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3-301. Standing to petition to adopt
- (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, the only persons who
have standing to petition to adopt a minor under this article are: (1) a person with whom a minor has been placed for adoption or who has been selected as
a prospective adoptive parent by a person authorized under this title to place the
minor for adoption; or (2) a person with whom a minor has not been placed for adoption or who has not been selected
or rejected as a prospective adoptive parent pursuant to Article 2, Part 1 and Part
2 of this title, but who has had physical custody of the minor for at least six months
immediately before seeking to file a petition for adoption and is allowed to file
the petition by the court for good cause shown. (b) The spouse of a petitioner shall consent to the petition unless judicially declared
incompetent. (c) A petition for adoption of a minor stepchild by a stepparent may be filed under Article
4 of this title and a petition for adoption of an emancipated minor may be filed under
Article 5 of this title. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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