The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
002
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GENERAL PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 15A V.S.A. § 3-201)
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§ 3-201. Appointment of attorney or guardian ad litem
(a) In a proceeding under this title which may result in the termination of a relationship
of parent and child, the court shall appoint an attorney for any person who is indigent,
a minor, or incompetent who appears in the proceeding and whose parental relationship
to a child may be terminated, unless the court finds that the minor or person who
is incompetent has sufficient financial means to hire an attorney, or the person who
is indigent declines to be represented by an attorney.
(b) The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for a minor adoptee in a contested proceeding
under this title and may appoint a guardian ad litem for a minor adoptee in an uncontested
proceeding. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 74.)