The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
004A
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MILITARY PARENTS' RIGHTS ACT
(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 686)
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§ 686. No existing final order
(a) If there is no existing order establishing the terms of parental rights and responsibilities
or parent-child contact and it appears that deployment or mobilization is imminent,
upon an action filed under this chapter by either parent, the court shall expedite
a hearing to establish temporary parental rights and responsibilities and parent-child
contact to ensure the deploying parent has access to the child, to ensure disclosure
of information, to grant other rights and duties set forth herein, and to provide
other appropriate relief.
(b) Any initial pleading filed to establish parental rights and responsibilities for or
parent-child contact with a child of a deploying parent shall be so identified at
the time of filing by stating in the text of the pleading the specific facts related
to deployment. (Added 2009, No. 69 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2010.)