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Subchapter
004A
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MILITARY PARENTS' RIGHTS ACT
(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 682)
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§ 682. Final order; modification
(a) If a deploying parent is required to be separated from a child as a result of deployment,
a court shall not enter a final order modifying parental rights and responsibilities
and parent-child contact in an existing order until 90 days after the deployment ends,
unless such modification is agreed to by the deploying parent.
(b) Absence created by deployment or mobilization or the potential for future deployment
or mobilization shall not be the sole factor supporting a real, substantial, and unanticipated
change in circumstances pursuant to section 668 of this title. (Added 2009, No. 69 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2010.)