The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
002
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PERSONS FOR WHOM GUARDIANS APPOINTED
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 2627)
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§ 2627. Nonconsensual guardianship
(a) If the petition requests a nonconsensual guardianship, the burden shall be on the
proposed guardian to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the child is
a child in need of guardianship as defined in subdivision 2622(2)(B) of this title.
(b) The Vermont Rules of Evidence shall apply to a hearing under this section.
(c) The court shall grant the petition if it finds after the hearing by clear and convincing
evidence that the proposed guardian is suitable and that the child is a child in need
of guardianship as defined in subdivision 2622(2)(B) of this title.
(d) If the court grants the petition, it shall issue an order establishing a guardianship
under section 2628 of this title. (Added 2013, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2014.)