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Subchapter
002
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PREPLACEMENT EVALUATION
(Cite as: 15A V.S.A. § 2-206)
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§ 2-206. Review of evaluation
(a) Within 90 days after a person receives a preplacement evaluation with a finding that
he or she is not suited to be an adoptive parent, the person may petition the Probate
Division of the Superior Court for review of the evaluation.
(b) If the court determines that the petitioner has failed to prove suitability by a preponderance
of the evidence, it shall order that the petitioner not be permitted to adopt a minor
and shall send a copy of the order to the Department to be retained with the copy
of the original evaluation. If, at the time of the court’s determination, the petitioner
has custody of a minor for purposes of adoption, the court shall make an appropriate
order for the care and custody of the minor.
(c) If the court determines that the petitioner has proved suitability, the court shall
find the petitioner suitable to be an adoptive parent and the petitioner may commence
or continue a proceeding for adoption of a minor. The court shall send a copy of its
order to the Department to be retained with the copy of the original evaluation. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)