The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 15C : Parentage Proceedings
Chapter 003 : Voluntary Acknowledgment of Parentage
(Cite as: 15C V.S.A. § 311)-
§ 311. Release of information
(a) The Department of Health shall provide the completed following forms only to the parties who signed the document, the Office of Child Support, and the Family Services Division of the Department of Children and Families:
(1) acknowledgment of parentage,
(2) voluntary acknowledgment of parentage,
(3) denial of parentage, and
(4) rescission of these documents.
(b) The Health Department shall release the forms to the Office of Child Support only upon request and the Office of Child Support may use the forms for the sole purpose of initiating a parentage or support proceeding on behalf of a dependent child as defined in 33 V.S.A. § 3901.
(c) The Health Department shall release the forms to the Family Services Division of the Department for Children and Families only upon request and the Family Services Division may use the forms for the sole purpose of addressing parentage or support proceedings relating to a child who is in the care of the Department for Children and Families. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2019, No. 24, § 2, eff. May 16, 2019.)
