Vermont § 311a - Venue generally For proceedings authorized to the Probate Division of Superior Court, venue shall lie as provided in Title 14A for the administration of trusts, and otherwise in a probate district as follows:

§ 311a. Venue generally For proceedings authorized to the Probate Division of Superior Court, venue shall lie as provided in Title 14A for the administration of trusts, and otherwise in a probate district as follows:

• (1) Decedent’s estate for a resident of this State: in the district where the decedent
  resided at the time of death. (2) Decedent’s estate for a nonresident of this State: in any district where estate of
  the decedent is situated. (3) Appointment of a conservator for the estate of an absent person: (A) in the district of the absent person’s last legal domicile; or (B) if a nonresident of this State, in any district where estate of the absent person
  is situated. (4) [Repealed.] (5) Appointment of a trustee for the estate of an absent person: (A) in the district of the absent person’s last legal domicile; or (B) if the absent person has no domicile in this State, in any district where property
  of the absent person is situated; or (C) in any district of residence of a fiduciary or representative of an estate having
  possession and control of property the absent person received by virtue of a legacy
  or as an heir of an estate. (6) Cemetery trusts: (A) in the district where the trustee resides; or (B) in the district where the creation of the trust is recorded. (7) Appointment of a guardian of a person resident in this State: in the district where
  the person under guardianship resides at the time of appointment, except when the
  guardian is appointed for a minor who is interested in a decedent’s estate as an heir,
  devisee, or legatee or representative of either, in the district where the decedent’s
  estate is being probated. (8) Appointment of a guardian for a nonresident minor: in the district where the minor
  owns or has an interest in real estate. (9) Termination or modification of a guardianship or change of a guardian: (A) in the district of the appointing court; or (B) in the district where the person under guardianship resides. (10) [Repealed.] (11) Estate of a nonresident charitable or philanthropic testamentary trust: (A) in any district where the legacy or gift is to be paid or distributed; or (B) in any district where the beneficiary or beneficiaries reside or are located. (12) Appointment of a guardian as to the estate of a nonresident subject to guardianship
  in this State or under guardianship in another state: in any district where the estate
  of the nonresident under guardianship or person who may need a guardian is situated. (13) Change of residential placement for a person under total or limited guardianship: (A) in the district of the appointing court; or (B) in the district where the person under guardianship resides. (14) Petition to determine title to property in the name of a person deceased seven or
  more years without probate of a decedent estate: in the district where the property
  is situated. (15) Uniform gifts to minors: (A) petition to expend custodial property for a minor’s support, education, or maintenance:
  in the district where the minor resides; (B) petition for permission to resign or for designation of a successor custodian: in
  the district where the minor resides. (16) Relinquishment for adoption: (A) in the district where a written relinquishment is executed; or (B) in the district where a licensed child-placing agency to which written relinquishment
  is made has its principal office. (17) Adoption: (A) if the adopting person or persons are residents of this State, in the district where
  they reside; (B) if the adopting person or persons are nonresidents, in a court of competent jurisdiction
  where they reside; or (C) if the prospective adoptee is a minor who has been relinquished or committed to the
  Department for Children and Families or a licensed child-placing agency, in the district
  where the Department or agency is located or has its principal office. (18) Change of name: in the district where the person resides. (19) Appeal from a denial by the State Registrar of Vital Records of a request for a new,
  corrected, amended, or delayed birth certificate: in the district where the birth
  occurred or allegedly occurred. (20) Correction or amendment of a civil marriage or civil union certificate or issuance
  of delayed certificate: in the district where the marriage or civil union license
  was issued or allegedly issued. (21) Appeal from a denial by the State Registrar of Vital Records of a request for a corrected
  or amended death certificate: in the district where the death occurred or, if the
  place of death is unknown, where the body was found. (22) Emergency waiver of premarital medical certificate: in the district where application
  is made for the civil marriage license. (23) Proceedings relating to cemetery lots: in the district where the cemetery lot is located. (24) Trusts relating to community mausoleums or columbariums: in the district where the
  community mausoleum or columbarium is located. (25) Petition for license to convey homestead interest of a spouse who lacks capacity to
  protect his or her interests due to a psychiatric disability: in the district where
  the homestead is situated. (26) Declaratory judgments (unless otherwise provided in Title 14A for proceedings relating
  to the administration of trusts): (A) if any related proceeding is then pending in any Probate Division of the Superior
  Court, in that district; or (B) if no proceeding is pending: