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Subchapter
004A
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MILITARY PARENTS' RIGHTS ACT
(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 681)
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§ 681. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Deploy” and “deployment” mean military service in compliance with military orders
received by a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, including any reserve component thereof
to report for combat operations, contingency operations, peacekeeping operations,
a remote tour of duty, or other active service for which the deploying parent is required
to report unaccompanied by any family member. Deployment includes a period during
which a military parent remains subject to deployment orders and remains deployed
on account of sickness, wounds, leave, or other lawful cause.
(2) “Deploying parent” means a military parent who has been notified by military leadership
that he or she will deploy or mobilize with the U.S. Armed Forces, including any reserve
component thereof, or who is currently deployed or mobilized with the U.S. Armed Forces,
including any reserve component thereof. “Nondeploying parent” means a parent who
is either not a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, including any reserve component thereof,
or is a military parent who is currently not a deploying parent.
(3) “Military parent” means a natural parent, adoptive parent, or legal parent of a child
under the age of 18 whose parental rights have not been terminated or transferred
to the state or another person through a juvenile proceeding pursuant to 33 V.S.A.
chapter 53 or guardianship pursuant to 14 V.S.A. chapter 111 by a court of competent
jurisdiction, and who is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, including any reserve
component thereof.
(4) “Mobilization” and “mobilize” mean the call-up of National Guard or Reserve service
members to extended active service. For purposes of this definition, “mobilization”
does not include National Guard or Reserve annual training, inactive duty days, drill
weekends, temporary duty, or state active duty.
(5) “State active duty” means the call-up by a governor for the performance of any military
duty in state status.
(6) “Temporary duty” means the transfer of a service member to a geographic location outside
Vermont for a limited period of time to accomplish training or to assist in the performance
of a noncombat mission. (Added 2009, No. 69 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2010.)