Vermont § 5319 - Parent-child contact and contact with siblings and relatives

§ 5319. Parent-child contact and contact with siblings and relatives

• (a) The court shall order parent-child contact unless the court finds that it is necessary
  to deny parent-child contact because the protection of the physical safety or emotional
  well-being of the child so requires. Except for good cause shown, the order shall
  be consistent with any existing parent-child contact order. (b) The court may determine the reasonable frequency and duration of parent-child contact
  and may set such conditions for parent-child contact as are in the child’s best interests,
  including whether parent-child contact should be unsupervised or supervised. The court
  may allocate the costs of supervised visitation. (c) Parent-child contact may be modified by stipulation or upon motion of a party or upon
  the court’s own motion pursuant to section 5113 of this title. (d) The court may terminate a parent-child contact order in a juvenile proceeding upon
  a finding that: (1) a parent has without good cause failed to maintain a regular schedule of contact with
  the child and that the parent’s failure to exercise regular contact has had a detrimental
  impact on the emotional well-being of the child; or (2) continued parent-child contact in accordance with the terms of the prior order will
  have a detrimental impact on the physical or emotional well-being of the child. (e) Upon motion of the child’s attorney, the court may also order contact between the
  child and the child’s siblings, an adult relative with whom the child has a significant
  relationship, or an adult friend with whom the child has a significant relationship. (f) Failure to provide parent-child contact due to the child’s illness or other good cause
  shall not constitute grounds for a contempt or enforcement proceeding against the
  Department. (Added 2007, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.)