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Title 15 : Domestic Relations
Chapter 005 : Desertion and Support
Subchapter 001 : UNIFORM DESERTION AND NONSUPPORT ACT
(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 203)-
§ 203. Institution of proceedings
Proceedings under this subchapter may be instituted by any prosecuting officer upon complaint made by the deserted married person, child, or by any other person, including a parent in proper cases, against a spouse, parent, or adult child, accused of an offense named in section 202 of this title. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 68, eff. April 9, 1974; 1987, 1973, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
