The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
003A
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CHILD CUSTODY AND SUPPORT
(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 664)
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§ 664. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Parental rights and responsibilities” means the rights and responsibilities related
to a child’s physical living arrangements, education, medical and dental care, religion,
travel, and any other matter involving a child’s welfare and upbringing.
(A) “Legal responsibility” means the rights and responsibilities to determine and control
various matters affecting a child’s welfare and upbringing, other than routine daily
care and control of the child. These matters include but are not limited to education,
medical and dental care, religion and travel arrangements. Legal responsibility may
be held solely or may be divided or shared.
(B) “Physical responsibility” means the rights and responsibilities to provide routine
daily care and control of the child subject to the right of the other parent to have
contact with the child. Physical responsibility may be held solely or may be divided
or shared.
(2) “Parent child contact” means the right of a parent who does not have physical responsibility
to have visitation with the child. (Added 1985, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2019, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 19, eff. October 7, 2020.)