The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
003
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PROCEEDINGS GENERALLY
(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 635)
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§ 635. Support of defendant
(a) At the time of granting a divorce on the grounds of a permanent mental condition or
psychiatric disability or any time thereafter, on motion of either party, or of the
guardian of the spouse with a mental condition or psychiatric disability, or of any
other person, town, or municipality charged with the support of the spouse with a
mental condition or psychiatric disability, the court may make such orders requiring
support of the defendant or security for such support as may be proper.
(b) An order for the support of the party with a mental condition or psychiatric disability
shall be enforceable in the same manner as orders relating to alimony.
(c) On motion of either party or of the guardian of the spouse with a mental condition
or psychiatric disability, or of any person, town, or municipality charged with the
support of such defendant, an order relating to such support may be reviewed and altered
at any time thereafter in such manner as to the court may seem just and proper. (Amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 70.)