reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
15 V.S.A. § 6-107
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15A - Adoption Act|Chapter 6 - Records of Adoption Proceeding; Retention, Confidentiality, and Access|§ 6-107. Release of original birth certificate

§ 6-107. Release of original birth certificate|(a) A copy of the adoptee's original birth certificate may be released to the adoptee upon the request of an adoptee who has attained the age of 18 and who has access to identifying information under this article.(b) When 99 years have elapsed after the date of birth of an adoptee whose original birth certificate is sealed under this title, the Department of Health shall unseal the original certificate and file it with any new or amended certificate that has been issued. The unsealed certificate becomes a public record in accordance with any statute or regulation applicable to the retention and disclosure of birth certificates. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
15 V.S.A. § 6-108
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15A - Adoption Act|Chapter 6 - Records of Adoption Proceeding; Retention, Confidentiality, and Access|§ 6-108. Certificate of adoption

§ 6-108. Certificate of adoption|Upon the request of an adoptive parent or an adoptee who has attained the age of 18, the register or clerk of the court that entered an adoption decree shall issue a certificate of adoption which states the date and place of adoption, the date of birth of the adoptee, the name of each adoptive parent, and the name of the adoptee as provided in the decree. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
15 V.S.A. § 6-109
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15A - Adoption Act|Chapter 6 - Records of Adoption Proceeding; Retention, Confidentiality, and Access|§ 6-109. Disclosure authorized in course of employment

§ 6-109. Disclosure authorized in course of employment|This article does not preclude an employee of the agency or the registry from:  (1) inspecting permanent, confidential, or sealed records for the purpose of discharging any obligation under this title; (2) disclosing the name of the court where a proceeding for adoption occurred or the name of the agency that placed an adoptee to an individual described in sections 6-104 and 6-105 of this title who can verify his or her identity; or (3) disclosing nonidentifying information contained in confidential or sealed records in accordance with any other applicable State or federal law. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
15 V.S.A. § 6-110
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15A - Adoption Act|Chapter 6 - Records of Adoption Proceeding; Retention, Confidentiality, and Access|§ 6-110. Fee for services

§ 6-110. Fee for services|A court, an agency, or the registry may charge a reasonable fee for services, including copying services, it performs pursuant to this article. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
15 V.S.A. § 6-111
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15A - Adoption Act|Chapter 6 - Records of Adoption Proceeding; Retention, Confidentiality, and Access|§ 6-111. Public notice of statutory change

§ 6-111. Public notice of statutory change|The Department, with the cooperation of other departments of State government, shall make reasonable efforts to notify members of the public who may be affected by changes in statute governing the release of identifying and nonidentifying information, including:  (1) informing the general public by submitting press releases to the news media in Vermont and other states; (2) informing adoptee, birth parent, and genealogy groups in Vermont and other states; (3) including information in motor vehicle registration and license renewals; (4) including information in appropriate locations on the Internet; and (5) contacting the adoption coordinators in each state and determining what agencies or groups in that state should be notified. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
15 V.S.A. § 6-112
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15A - Adoption Act|Chapter 6 - Records of Adoption Proceeding; Retention, Confidentiality, and Access|§ 6-112. Action for disclosure of information

§ 6-112. Action for disclosure of information|(a) A person denied disclosure of information under section 6-104, subdivision 6-105(b)(1) or (2), or section 6-107 of this title may file a petition in the court to obtain the information being sought.(b) In determining whether to grant a petition under this section, the court shall review the records of the relevant proceeding for adoption and shall make specific findings concerning:  (1) the reasons the information is sought; (2) whether the individual about whom information is sought has filed a request for nondisclosure under section 6-106 of this title or any other kind of document requesting that his or her identity not be disclosed, has not filed any document, or has otherwise indicated a preference regarding the disclosure of his or her identity; (3) if known, whether the individual about whom information is sought is alive; (4) whether it is possible to satisfy the petitioner's request without disclosing the identity of another individual; (5) the expressed needs of the adoptee including the emotional and mental health needs of the adoptee.   (c) Before making a determination under this section the court shall make a reasonable effort to confidentially contact the person whose identity is being sought in order to determine that person's response to the petition and shall consider any response in reaching its decision.(d) If the reason the petitioner was denied disclosure was due to the fact that there was no consent on file and there is no request for nondisclosure filed under section 6-106 or any other kind of document in the court or agency that clearly indicates that the identity of the person being sought not be disclosed, the court shall order disclosure of the requested information if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that disclosure is in the best interests of the petitioner and that disclosure is unlikely to cause harm to the person whose identity is being sought.(e) If the reason the petitioner was denied disclosure was due to the fact that there was no consent on file and a request for nondisclosure was filed under section 6-106 or any kind of document was filed in the court or agency that clearly indicates that the identity of the person being sought not be disclosed, the court shall not make a search under subsection (c) of this section and shall not order the disclosure of the requested information except for compelling reasons. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
15 V.S.A. § 7-101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15A - Adoption Act|Chapter 7 - Prohibited and Permissible Activities in Connection With Adoption|§ 7-101. Enforcement

§ 7-101. Enforcement|(a) The Attorney General shall enforce the provisions of this title and may review and investigate compliance therewith.(b) Whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that a person has violated or is violating a provision of this title, and that proceedings would be in the public interest, the Attorney General may bring an action in the name of the State against such person to ensure compliance. The action may be brought in the superior court of the county in which such person resides or in which the violation occurred or is occurring. The court may grant temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief to restrain and prevent violations of this title.(c) In addition to the foregoing, the Attorney General may request and the court is authorized to render any other appropriate relief as may be in the public interest, and may:  (1) impose a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.00 for each violation. In the case of a continuing violation, a civil penalty of not more than $1,000.00 may be imposed for each day the violation continues; and (2) order reimbursement to the State of Vermont for the reasonable value of its services and its expenses in investigating and prosecuting the action. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
15 V.S.A. § 7-102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15A - Adoption Act|Chapter 7 - Prohibited and Permissible Activities in Connection With Adoption|§ 7-102. Unauthorized disclosure of information

§ 7-102. Unauthorized disclosure of information|(a) A person who knowingly discloses confidential adoption information or identifying information in violation of this title shall be fined not more than $1,000.00.(b) In addition to the penalties provided in subsection (a) of this section, a person who is the subject of information contained in a record made confidential by this title may file an action for damages or equitable relief against any person who obtains unauthorized information or who discloses unauthorized information, or is likely to do so. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
15 V.S.A. § 7-103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15A - Adoption Act|Chapter 7 - Prohibited and Permissible Activities in Connection With Adoption|§ 7-103. Lawful payments related to adoption

§ 7-103. Lawful payments related to adoption|(a) Subject to the requirements of sections 3-702 and 3-703 of this title for an accounting and judicial approval of fees and charges related to an adoption, an adoptive parent, or a person acting on behalf of an adoptive parent, may pay the reasonable and actual fee or charge for:  (1) the services of an agency in connection with an adoption; (2) medical, hospital, nursing, pharmaceutical, or other similar expenses incurred by a mother or her minor child in connection with prenatal care or the birth or any illness of the minor; (3) counseling services for a parent or a minor for a reasonable time before and after the minor's placement for adoption; (4) living expenses of a mother for a reasonable time before the birth of her child and for no more than six weeks after the birth; (5) expenses incurred in ascertaining the information required by section 2-105 of this title; (6) expenses incurred for legal services, court costs, and other administrative expenses connected with an adoption, including any legal services performed for a parent who consents to the adoption of a minor or relinquishes the minor to an agency; (7) transportation for services provided under subdivision (2), (3), or (6) of this subsection; (8) expenses incurred in obtaining a preplacement evaluation and an evaluation during the proceeding for adoption; and (9) any other service or expense the court finds is reasonable and necessary.   (b) A parent or a guardian, a person acting on the parent's or guardian's behalf, or a provider of a service listed in subsection (a) of this section may receive or accept a payment authorized by subsection (a). The payment may not be made contingent on the placement of a minor for adoption, relinquishment of the minor, or consent to the adoption. If the adoption is not completed, a person who is authorized to make a specific payment by subsection (a) is not liable for that payment unless the person has agreed in a signed writing with a provider of a service to make the payment regardless of the outcome of the proceeding for adoption. If the adoption is not completed, an adoptive parent is liable only for agreed upon expenses which are permitted under this section and were incurred prior to the termination of the adoption process.(c) Except for the expenses authorized by subdivisions (a)(4) and (a)(7) of this section, no payments as authorized in subsection (a) shall be paid directly to a parent without prior court approval, but instead will be paid to service providers or to an agency. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
15 V.S.A. § 7-104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15A - Adoption Act|Chapter 7 - Prohibited and Permissible Activities in Connection With Adoption|§ 7-104. Charges by agency

§ 7-104. Charges by agency|Subject to the requirements of sections 3-702 and 3-703 of this title for an accounting and judicial approval of fees and charges related to an adoption, an agency may charge or accept a fee or other reasonable compensation from a prospective adoptive parent for expenses not paid by public assistance for:  (1) medical, hospital, nursing, pharmaceutical, or other similar expenses incurred by a mother or her minor child in connection with prenatal care, the birth, or any illness of the minor; (2) a percentage of the annual cost the agency incurs in locating and providing counseling services for minor adoptees, parents, and prospective parents; (3) living expenses of a mother for a reasonable time before the birth of a child and for no more than six weeks after the birth; (4) expenses incurred in ascertaining the information required by section 2-105 of this title; (5) legal services and court costs, or other administrative expenses connected with an adoption, including the legal services performed for a parent who relinquishes a minor child to the agency; (6) preparation of a preplacement evaluation and an evaluation during the proceeding for adoption; (7) transportation for services provided under this section; and (8) any other service or expense the court finds is reasonable and necessary. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
15 V.S.A. § 7-105
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15A - Adoption Act|Chapter 7 - Prohibited and Permissible Activities in Connection With Adoption|§ 7-105. Prohibited payments related to adoption

§ 7-105. Prohibited payments related to adoption|(a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 7-103 and 7-104 of this title, a person may not pay or give or offer to pay or give to any other person, or request, receive, or accept any money or anything of value, directly or indirectly, for:  (1) the placement of a minor for adoption; (2) the consent of a parent, a guardian, or an agency to the adoption of a minor; (3) the relinquishment of a minor to an agency for the purpose of adoption; or (4) the recruitment of nonresident pregnant women to locate in this State for the purpose of relinquishing the child for adoption.   (b) A release from liability from past or future child support is not a violation of this section. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
15 V.S.A. § 8-101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15A - Adoption Act|Chapter 8 - Interstate Compacts on Adoption and Medical Assistance|§ 8-101. Interstate compacts on adoption and medical assistance; authorization

§ 8-101. Interstate compacts on adoption and medical assistance; authorization|(a) The Commissioner of the Department for Children and Families is authorized to negotiate and enter into interstate compacts with agencies of other states for the provision of medical assistance and other services for children with special needs on behalf of whom adoption assistance is being provided by the State of Vermont or another state party to such a compact and who move into or from Vermont.(b) As used in this article, "state" includes a state, territory, possession, or commonwealth of the United States. Compacts authorized by this article must include:  (1) a provision making it available for joinder by all states; (2) a provision or provisions for withdrawal from the compact upon written notice to the parties, but with a period of one year between the date of the notice and the effective date of the withdrawal; (3) a requirement that the protections afforded by or pursuant to the compact continue in force for the duration of the adoption assistance and be applicable to all children and their adoptive parents who on the effective date of the withdrawal are receiving adoption assistance from a party state other than the one in which they are resident and have their principal place of abode; (4) a requirement that each instance of adoption assistance to which the compact applies be covered by an adoption assistance agreement in writing between the adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency of the state that undertakes to provide the adoption assistance, and further, that any such agreement be expressly for the benefit of the adopted child and enforceable by the adoptive parents and the state agency providing the adoption assistance; and (5) such other provisions as may be appropriate to implement the proper administration of the compact.   (c) The Commissioner shall designate a compact administrator and deputies, as deemed necessary, who shall have authority to develop rules to be adopted to effectuate the terms and provisions of compacts entered into under the authority of this article. (Added 2005, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 127.)
15 V.S.A. § 1101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)|Chapter 11 - General Provisions|§ 1101. Short title

§ 1101. Short title|This title may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
15 V.S.A. § 1103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)|Chapter 11 - General Provisions|§ 1103. State tribunal and support enforcement agency

§ 1103. State tribunal and support enforcement agency|(a) The Family Division of the Superior Court is the tribunal of this State for all purposes of this title; provided, however, that the Office of Child Support may perform any tribunal function authorized under State law.(b) The Office of Child Support is the support enforcement agency of this State. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
15 V.S.A. § 1104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)|Chapter 11 - General Provisions|§ 1104. Remedies cumulative

§ 1104. Remedies cumulative|(a) Remedies provided by this title are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law, or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.(b) This title does not:  (1) provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this State; or (2) grant a tribunal of this State jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation, or both, in a proceeding under this title. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
15 V.S.A. § 1105
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)|Chapter 11 - General Provisions|§ 1105. Application to a resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding

§ 1105. Application to a resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding|(a) A tribunal of this State shall apply chapters 11 through 16 and, as applicable, chapter 17 of this title to a support proceeding involving:  (1) a foreign support order; (2) a foreign tribunal; or (3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.   (b) A tribunal of this State that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of chapters 11 through 16 of this title.(c) Chapter 17 of this title applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of chapter 17 is inconsistent with chapters 11 through 16 of this title, chapter 17 controls. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
15 V.S.A. § 1201
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)|Chapter 12 - Jurisdiction|§ 1201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident

§ 1201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident|(a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator for any of the following:  (1) The individual is personally served with notice of the proceeding within this State. (2) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this State by consent in a record by entering a general appearance, or by filing with the tribunal a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction. (3) The individual resided with the child in this State. (4) The individual resided in this State and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child. (5) The child resides in this State as a result of the acts or directives of the individual. (6) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this State and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse. (7) The individual asserted parentage of a child in the putative father registry maintained in this State by the Probate Division of Superior Court in the District of Chittenden. (8) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this State and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.   (b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) of this section or in any other law of this State may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this State to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of section 1611 of this title are met, or in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of section 1615 of this title are met. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
15 V.S.A. § 1202
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)|Chapter 12 - Jurisdiction|§ 1202. Duration of personal jurisdiction

§ 1202. Duration of personal jurisdiction|Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this State in a proceeding under this title or other law of this State relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this State has continuing exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by sections 1205, 1206, and 1211 of this title. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
15 V.S.A. § 1203
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)|Chapter 12 - Jurisdiction|§ 1203. Initiating and responding tribunal

§ 1203. Initiating and responding tribunal|Under this title, a tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or foreign country. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
15 V.S.A. § 1204
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15B - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)|Chapter 12 - Jurisdiction|§ 1204. Simultaneous proceedings in another state

§ 1204. Simultaneous proceedings in another state|(a) A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:  (1) the petition or comparable pleading in this State is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country; (2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or foreign country; and (3) if relevant, this State is the home state of the child.   (b) A tribunal of this State may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:  (1) the petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this State for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this State; (2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this State; and (3) if relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)