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.
Subchapter
003
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SEVERANCE AND SALE OF HOMESTEAD
(Cite as: 27 V.S.A. § 183)
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§ 183. Transfer or sale in lieu of severance
When it appears upon hearing that the homestead cannot be occupied in severalty without
great inconvenience to the parties interested therein or in the residue, the court
may order the homestead to be transferred to such other parties and the payment of
$125,000.00 to the owner thereof, or, at the option of the owner, the court may order
the parties to transfer the residue to the owner and order the owner to pay such other
parties the value of the homestead to be fixed by the court. If the case requires,
the court may order a sale of the whole premises and apportion the proceeds between
the parties, and the court may make such orders in the premises as are equitable.
If the homestead is sold, the court may control the investment of the proceeds of
the sale in a new homestead or make such disposition of the proceeds as equity requires. (Amended 1967, No. 287 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1995, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), § 24e, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; 2013, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. June 17, 2014; 2023, No. 6, § 319, eff. July 1, 2023.)