The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 7608)
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§ 7608. Victims
(a) At the time a petition is filed pursuant to this chapter, the respondent shall give
notice of the petition to any victim of the offense who is known to the respondent.
The victim shall have the right to offer the respondent a statement prior to any stipulation
or to offer the court a statement. The disposition of the petition shall not be unnecessarily
delayed pending receipt of a victim’s statement. The respondent’s inability to locate
a victim after a reasonable effort has been made shall not be a bar to granting a
petition.
(b) As used in this section, “reasonable effort” means attempting to contact the victim
by first-class mail at the victim’s last known address, by telephone at the victim’s
last known phone number, and by email at the victim’s last known email address. (Added 2011, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2025, No. 60, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.)