Source: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/15A/002
Timestamp: 2019-11-18 09:46:43
Document Index: 595178219

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 1', 'art 5', '§ 1']

Chapter 002: ADOPTION OF MINORS
Subchapter 001: PLACEMENT OF MINORS FOR ADOPTION
§ 2-104. [Reserved.]
Subchapter 002: PREPLACEMENT EVALUATION
§ 2-202. Preplacement evaluator
If, before a decree of adoption is issued, the department learns from an evaluator or another person that a minor has been placed for adoption with a person who is the subject of a preplacement evaluation on file with the department containing a finding of unsuitability, the department shall immediately review the evaluation and investigate the circumstances of the placement and may request that the person return the minor to the custody of the person who placed the minor or to the department. If the person refuses to return the minor, the department shall immediately commence an action or proceeding to remove the minor from the home of the person and, pending a hearing, the court shall make an appropriate order for the care and custody of the minor. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
Subchapter 004: CONSENT TO AND RELINQUISHMENT FOR ADOPTION
§ 2-402. Persons whose consent not required
(a) A parent whose consent to the adoption of a minor is required by section 2-401 of this title may not execute a consent or a relinquishment sooner than 36 hours after the minor is born. A parent who executes a consent or relinquishment may revoke the consent or relinquishment within 21 days after the consent or relinquishment is executed by filing a written notice in the court in which the consent was executed.
(e) Before executing a consent or relinquishment, a parent shall have been informed of the meaning and consequences of adoption, the availability of personal and legal counseling, the consequences of misidentifying the other parent, the procedure for releasing information about the health and other characteristics of the parent which may affect the physical or psychological well-being of the adoptee, and the procedure for the release of the parent's identity pursuant to Article 6 of this title. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
(f) If the consent of a person who did not have physical custody of a minor when the minor was placed for adoption or when the consent was executed is revoked or set aside and no ground exists under Article 3, Part 5 of this title, for terminating the relationship of parent and child between the person and the minor, the court shall dismiss a proceeding for adoption and issue an order providing for the care and custody of the minor according to the best interest of the minor. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)