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
001
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REPORTS OF ABUSE OF VULNERABLE ADULTS
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 6910)
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§ 6910. Interference by caregiver
If consent to receive protective services has been obtained in accordance with section 6907 of this title and the Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that the caregiver is interfering
with the provision of those protective services, the Department may petition the Superior
Court for an order enjoining the caregiver from interfering with the provision of
protective services. The petition shall present facts to show that the vulnerable
adult is in need of protective services, that the vulnerable adult or the vulnerable
adult’s representative consents to the receipt of protective services, and that the
caregiver has interfered with the provision of protective services. If the court,
after hearing, finds that the vulnerable adult requires and consents to protective
services, and has been prevented by the vulnerable adult’s caregiver from receiving
protective services the court may issue an order enjoining the caregiver from further
interference. (Added 1985, No. 78, § 10; amended 1993, No. 100, § 5; 2001, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. June 13, 2002; 2023, No. 81, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)