The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 3155)
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§ 3155. Cooperation between courts
(a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding in this State, a court of this State may
request the appropriate court of another state to do any of the following:
(1) hold an evidentiary hearing;
(2) order a person in that state to produce evidence or give testimony pursuant to procedures
of that state;
(3) order that an evaluation or assessment be made of the respondent;
(4) order any appropriate investigation of a person involved in a proceeding;
(5) forward to the court of this State a certified copy of the transcript or other record
of a hearing under subdivision (1) of this subsection or any other proceeding, any
evidence otherwise produced under subdivision (2) of this subsection, and any evaluation
or assessment prepared in compliance with an order under subdivision (3) or (4) of
this subsection;
(6) issue any order necessary to ensure the appearance in the proceeding of a person whose
presence is necessary for the court to make a determination, including the respondent
or the incapacitated or protected person;
(7) issue an order authorizing the release of medical, financial, criminal, or other relevant
information in that state, including protected health information as defined in 45 C.F.R. Section 164.504, as amended, but any information so disclosed may be admitted in a proceeding in
this State only in accordance with the laws of this State.
(b) If a court of another state in which a guardianship or protective proceeding is pending
requests assistance of the kind provided in subsection (a) of this section, a court
of this State has jurisdiction for the limited purpose of granting the request or
making reasonable efforts to comply with the request in accordance with the laws of
this State. (Added 2011, No. 56, § 25.)