Vermont § 4-104 - Content of consent by stepparent’s spouse

§ 4-104. Content of consent by stepparent’s spouse

• (a) A consent executed by a parent who is the stepparent’s spouse shall be signed or confirmed
  in the presence of a person specified in section 2-405 of this title, or a person authorized to take acknowledgments. (b) A consent under subsection (a) of this section shall be in writing, shall contain
  the required statements described in subdivisions 2-406(a)(1) through (3) of this
  title and shall state that: (1) the parent executing the consent has legal and physical custody of the parent’s minor
  child and voluntarily and unequivocally consents to the adoption of the minor by the
  stepparent; (2) the adoption will not terminate the parental relationship between the parent executing
  the consent and the minor child; (3) the right of the adoptee or a descendant of the adoptee to inheritance or intestate
  succession through or from the adoptee’s former parent; and (4) the parent executing the consent understands and agrees that the adoption will terminate
  the relationship of parent and child between the minor’s other parent and the minor
  and will terminate any existing court order for custody, visitation, or communication
  with the minor, but: (A) the minor and any descendant of the minor will retain rights of inheritance from or
  through the minor’s other parent; (B) a court order for visitation or communication with the minor by the parent executing
  the consent, or by a person related to the minor through that parent, or an agreement
  or order concerning another person which is approved by the court pursuant to section 4-112 of this title survives the decree of adoption, but failure to comply with the terms of the order
  or agreement is not a ground for revoking or setting aside the consent or the adoption;
  and (C) the other parent remains liable for arrearages of child support, unless released from
  that obligation by the parent executing the consent, any guardian ad litem of the
  minor, and by a governmental entity providing public assistance to the minor. (c) A consent may not waive further notice of the proceeding for adoption of the minor
  by the stepparent. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)