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.
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 5312)
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§ 5312. Failure to appear at preliminary hearing
(a) If a parent, guardian, or custodian has been served by certified mail with the petition
and notice of hearing and fails to appear at the preliminary hearing, the court may
order that the parent, guardian, or custodian be served with a judicial summons ordering
the person to appear in court with the child at a specified date and time.
(b) If, after being summoned to appear, the parent, guardian, or custodian fails to appear
or fails to bring the child to court as ordered, the court may issue a pick-up order
or warrant pursuant to section 5108 of this title. (Added 2007, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.)