The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
009
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TERMINATION OF GUARDIANSHIP
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 3001)
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§ 3001. Removal; resignation; marriage of guardian; vacancies
If a guardian for a minor neglects to render an account as required by the Vermont
Rules of Probate Procedure or to appear, or to perform an order or decree of the Probate
Division of the Superior Court, or absconds or becomes mentally disabled or otherwise
incapable or unsuitable to discharge the trust, the Probate Division of the Superior
Court may remove or may allow the guardian to resign. Marriage shall not extinguish
a guardian’s authority. When a guardianship becomes vacant, the court may make a
new appointment. (Amended 1979, No. 76, § 14; 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 150; 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)