The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 33 : Human Services
Chapter 069 : Reports of Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults
Subchapter 002 : MALTREATMENT PREVENTION FOR VULNERABLE ADULTS
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 6933)-
§ 6933. Request for relief
(a) A vulnerable adult, Adult Protective Services staff, or an interested person on behalf of a vulnerable adult may seek relief from abuse, neglect, or exploitation by filing a petition requesting one or more of the following orders:
(1) an order that the defendant refrain from abusing, neglecting, or exploiting the vulnerable adult;
(2) an order that the defendant immediately vacate the household;
(3) an order that the defendant shall not contact or communicate with the vulnerable adult either directly or through a third party;
(4) an order that the defendant shall not come within a fixed distance from the vulnerable adult;
(5) an order that the defendant shall not stalk, as defined in 12 V.S.A. § 5131, the vulnerable adult;
(6) an order to deliver care plans, medicines, physicians’ orders, and medical records to the vulnerable adult or the vulnerable adult’s representative;
(7) an order to cooperate in the transfer of the vulnerable adult’s care to ensure the vulnerable adult’s safety and well-being;
(8) an order to immediately return any cash, checks, money, or property belonging to the vulnerable adult in the defendant’s possession;
(9) an order to immediately return any personal documentation regarding the vulnerable adult, including identification documents, insurance information, financial records, and immigration documentation;
(10) an order that the defendant shall not access, dispose of, take, or transfer funds, accounts, or property from the vulnerable adult or any account in the name of the vulnerable adult;
(11) an order to cease any access, sharing, or use of identifying information, image, or likeness of the vulnerable adult;
(12) an order regarding possession, care, and control of any animal owned, possessed, leased, kept, or held as a pet by the vulnerable adult; and
(13) such other orders as deemed necessary to protect the vulnerable adult.
(b) No filing fee shall be required. (Added 1991, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2001, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. June 13, 2002; 2023, No. 81, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
