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The following is a summary of Vermont’s divorce laws. In some cases, the exact text of the statute has been simplified and/or modified to provide for easier understanding. For a more specific understanding of the laws, you should consult the full Vermont Code or ask an attorney how the law might apply to your particular situation.
What to Expect When Help Yourself Divorce Prepares Your No Fault Vermont Divorce.
The following is a summary of Vermont divorce laws, and is by no means intended to be an all-inclusive description of what to expect in your particular case. In some cases, the exact text of the statute may have been simplified and/or modified to provide for easier understanding. For a more specific understanding of the laws, you should consult the full Vermont Code and/or consult with an attorney about how the law might apply to your particular situation.
When Help Yourself Divorce prepares your divorce papers, your divorce will be filed based on the grounds of living separate and apart for 6 consecutive months where resumption of marital relations is not reasonably probable.
-From § 551 of the Vermont Statutes.
A complaint for divorce can be filed when either party has resided in Vermont for at least 6 months. However, a divorce can’t be finalized until one party has resided in Vermont for at least one year next preceding the date of final hearing. Temporary absence from the state because of illness, employment, military service, or other legitimate and bona fide cause, shall not affect the residency, provided the person has otherwise retained residence in this state.
-From § 592 of the Vermont Statutes.
The following is a summary of Vermont alimony laws, and is by no means intended to be an all-inclusive description of what to expect in your particular case. In some cases, the exact text of the statute may have been simplified and/or modified to provide for easier understanding. For a more specific understanding of the laws, you should consult the full Vermont Code and/or consult with an attorney about how the law might apply to your particular situation.
(2) is unable to support himself or herself through appropriate employment at the standard of living established during the marriage or is the custodian of a child of the parties.
(7) inflation with relation to the cost of living.
-From § 752 of the Vermont Statutes.
“Parental rights and responsibilities” means the rights and responsibilities related to a child’s physical living arrangements, parent child contact, education, medical and dental care, religion, travel and any other matter involving a child’s welfare and upbringing.
“Legal responsibility” means the rights and responsibilities to determine and control various matters affecting a child’s welfare and upbringing, other than routine daily care and control of the child. These matters include but are not limited to education, medical and dental care, religion and travel arrangements. Legal responsibility may be held solely or may be divided or shared.
“Physical responsibility” means the rights and responsibilities to provide routine daily care and control of the child subject to the right of the other parent to have contact with the child. Physical responsibility may be held solely or may be divided or shared.
-From § 664 of the Vermont Statutes.
(9) evidence of abuse, and the impact of the abuse on the child and on the relationship between the child and the abusing parent.
-From § 665 of the Vermont Statutes.
-From § 666 of the Vermont Statutes.
Access to records and information about a minor child, including but not limited to medical, dental, law enforcement and school records shall not be denied to a parent solely because that parent has not been awarded parental rights and responsibilities. The court may order that access to all or a portion of the records or information shall be denied if access is not in the best interest of the child or if access may cause detriment to the other parent, including but not limited to, abuse.
-From § 670 of the Vermont Statutes.
The following is a summary of Vermont child support laws, and is by no means intended to be an all-inclusive description of what to expect in your particular case. In some cases, the exact text of the statute may have been simplified and/or modified to provide for easier understanding. For a more specific understanding of the laws, you should consult the full Vermont Code and/or consult with an attorney about how the law might apply to your particular situation.
(1) The financial resources of the child.
(2) The financial resources of the custodial parent.
(3) The standard of living the child would have enjoyed had the marital relationship not been discontinued.
(4) The physical and emotional condition of the child.
(5) The educational needs of the child.
(6) The financial resources and needs of the noncustodial parent.
(8) The costs of meeting the educational needs of either parent, if the costs are incurred for the purpose of increasing the earning capacity of the parent.
(9) Extraordinary travel and other travel-related expenses incurred in exercising the right to parent-child contact.
(10) Any other factors the court finds relevant.
-From § 659 of the Vermont Statutes.
The court may adjust the obligor’s income if the obligor has additional dependents. However, in a modification proceeding, the court shall not adjust the amount of the child support obligation because of additional dependents, to the extent that it contributes to a support order lower than a previously existing support order for the children who are the subjects of the modification hearing.
-From § 656a of the Vermont Statutes.
The child support guidelines have a specific formula for computing child support when the parents have shared or split physical custody. The basic child support obligation should be increased by 50 percent, and each parent’s obligation will be calculated based on their respective incomes. The lower obligation will be subtracted from the higher obligation, and that will be the amount that parent should pay.
-From § 657 of the Vermont Statutes.
All child support orders must include an order for immediate wage withholding, unless the court finds good cause not to order immediate wage withholding or the parties have entered into an alternative arrangement by written agreement which is affirmatively stated in the order. In determining good cause, the court may consider a history of financial responsibility toward the family and the absence of any threat by the obligor to withhold financial support from the family.
-From § 781 of the Vermont Statutes.
The following is a summary of Vermont property division laws, and is by no means intended to be an all-inclusive description of what to expect in your particular case. In some cases, the exact text of the statute may have been simplified and/or modified to provide for easier understanding. For a more specific understanding of the laws, you should consult the full Vermont Code and/or consult with an attorney about how the law might apply to your particular situation.
-From § 751 of the Vermont Statutes.

References: § 551
 § 592
 § 752
 § 664
 § 665
 § 666
 § 670
 § 659
 § 656
 § 657
 § 781
 § 751