The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 33 : Human Services

Chapter 059 : Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children [Contingently enacted]

Subchapter 002 : PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN[CONTINGENTLY ENACTED]

• § 5924. Agreements [Contingently repealed; effective until contingency met]

  The officers and agencies of this State having authority to place children are hereby empowered to enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states pursuant to subsection (b) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. Any such agreement which contains a financial commitment or imposes a financial obligation on this State or agency thereof shall not be binding unless it has the approval in writing of the Secretary of the Agency of Administration. (Added 1971, No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. April 5, 1972.)

• § 5924. Agreements [Contingently repealed; effective until contingency met]

  (Added 1971, No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. April 5, 1972; contingently repealed by 2021, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

• § 5924. Placement of child in another state [Contingently enacted]

  The officers and agencies of this State having authority to place a child in the custody of the Commissioner for Children and Families may place such a child in another state. However, unless parental rights have been judicially terminated, any such child being placed in another state pursuant to this Compact shall, upon request, be given a court hearing on notice to the parent or guardian with opportunity to be heard prior to the child’s being sent to such other state for care and the court finds that:

  (1) equivalent facilities for the child are not available in this State; and

  (2) care in the other state is in the best interest of the child and will not produce undue hardship. (Contingently added 2021, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)