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.
Subchapter
002
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WIFE DESERTED OR LIVING APART FROM HUSBAND
(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 103)
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§ 103. Determination of amount contributed to property by husband; sole and separate deed
of wife
If it appears to the presiding judge that such real estate was acquired by such married
woman, in whole or in part, otherwise than by gift or conveyance from her husband,
and otherwise than as a result of his industry, accumulations, or savings, and that
her needs or comforts or the needs or comforts of her minor children require the income
or proceeds of such real estate or her interest therein, the judge shall determine
what amount, if any, the husband has contributed toward such property. Such judge
shall authorize such married woman to sell and convey such real estate by her sole
and separate deed upon payment or tender to her husband of such sum, if any, as the
judge finds he has contributed to the purchase of such property, to be proportionately
increased or decreased to correspond with any material change in value, found by the
judge, of such property subsequent to the date of the first contribution, if any made
by the husband. Such deed shall have the same effect to pass title to such property
as if joined in by the husband.