The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
005
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METHODIST CHURCH
(Cite as: 27 V.S.A. § 865)
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§ 865. Complaint to dissolve circuit or station
The trustees of the Troy Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church or any member
of the board of trustees, when duly authorized by a vote of the board, may apply by
complaint to the Superior Court within the county where the circuit or station is
located for the relief prayed for in section 864 of this title. Upon the filing of the complaint, a hearing shall be had upon such notice as shall
be ordered by the court. If upon hearing it shall be found by the court that the case
is brought within the provisions of section 864 and that the transfer of property
prayed for ought, in equity and good conscience, to be made, the court shall make
a decree in the premises that the circuit or station in question is dissolved or extinct
and transfer the property described in the complaint to the Troy Annual Conference
of the United Methodist Church to be held and used according to the discipline of
the church and the provisions of its charter. (Amended 1969, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 5, 1970; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2023, No. 6, § 350, eff. July 1, 2023.)