The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 1012)
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§ 1012. If a parent is deceased or cannot decide
If a parent of a minor child is deceased, physically or mentally incapable of making
a decision, or has abandoned the child, a grandparent of the child may commence an
action in Superior Court in the county in which the custodian of the child resides
to obtain visitation rights. The action shall promptly be tried without a jury in
the same manner as a divorce case. The custodian of the child shall be the party
defendant. In the event that the custodian of the child is not the parent of the
child, the parent shall also be joined as a party defendant. (Added 1983, No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), eff. May 9, 1984.)