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. § 3156)
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§ 3156. Taking testimony in another state
(a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, in addition to other procedures that may
be available, testimony of a witness who is located in another state may be offered
by deposition or other means allowable in this State for testimony taken in another
state. The Probate Division of the Superior Court on its own motion may order that
the testimony of a witness be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner
in which and the terms upon which the testimony is to be taken.
(b) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, a Probate Division of the Superior Court
in this State may permit a witness located in another state to be deposed or to testify
by telephone or audiovisual or other electronic means. The Probate Division of this
State shall cooperate with the court of the other state in designating an appropriate
location for the deposition or testimony.
(c) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a Probate Division of the Superior
Court of this State by technological means that do not produce an original writing
may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the best evidence rule. (Added 2011, No. 56, § 25.)