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15 V.S.A. § 103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Rights of Married Women|§ 103. Determination of amount contributed to property by husband; sole and separate deed of wife

§ 103. Determination of amount contributed to property by husband; sole and separate deed of wife|If it appears to the presiding judge that such real estate was acquired by such married woman, in whole or in part, otherwise than by gift or conveyance from her husband, and otherwise than as a result of his industry, accumulations, or savings, and that her needs or comforts or the needs or comforts of her minor children require the income or proceeds of such real estate or her interest therein, the judge shall determine what amount, if any, the husband has contributed toward such property. Such judge shall authorize such married woman to sell and convey such real estate by her sole and separate deed upon payment or tender to her husband of such sum, if any, as the judge finds he has contributed to the purchase of such property, to be proportionately increased or decreased to correspond with any material change in value, found by the judge, of such property subsequent to the date of the first contribution, if any made by the husband. Such deed shall have the same effect to pass title to such property as if joined in by the husband.
15 V.S.A. § 104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Rights of Married Women|§ 104. Proceedings on complaint and enforcement of orders and decrees; appeal of husband

§ 104. Proceedings on complaint and enforcement of orders and decrees; appeal of husband|The same proceedings shall be had on such complaint and in relation to enforcing orders and decrees as in other proceedings in the Superior Court. An appeal on the part of the husband shall not be allowed to the Supreme Court from an order or decree until he has indemnified the plaintiff for delays and costs as the judge directs. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
15 V.S.A. § 201
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 201. Definitions

§ 201. Definitions|The word "child," as used in this subchapter, shall mean a child who is under the age of 18 years, or is under the age of 21 years and is a student regularly attending a school, college or university or their equivalent, or is regularly attending a course of vocational or technical training designed to fit him for gainful employment, and shall include a "stepchild" under such age. The words "adult child," as so used, shall mean a child over the age of minority. (Amended 1971, No. 98, § 1, eff. April 22, 1971.)
15 V.S.A. § 202
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 202. Penalty for desertion or nonsupport

§ 202. Penalty for desertion or nonsupport|A married person who, without just cause, shall desert or willfully neglect or refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his or her spouse and children, leaving them in destitute or necessitous circumstances or a parent who, without lawful excuse, shall desert or willfully neglect or refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his or her child or an adult child possessed of sufficient pecuniary or physical ability to support his or her parents, who unreasonably neglects or refuses to provide such support when the parent is destitute, unable to support himself or herself, and resident in this State, shall be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $300.00, or both. Should a fine be imposed, the court may order the same to be paid in whole or in part to the needy spouse, parent,or to the guardian, custodian, or trustee of the child. The Office of Child Support attorneys, in addition to any other duly authorized person, may prosecute cases under this section in Vermont Superior Court. (Amended 1973, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2009, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § C21.)
15 V.S.A. § 203
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 203. Institution of proceedings

§ 203. Institution of proceedings|Proceedings under this subchapter may be instituted by any prosecuting officer upon complaint made by the deserted married person, child, or by any other person, including a parent in proper cases, against a spouse, parent, or adult child, accused of an offense named in section 202 of this title. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 68, eff. April 9, 1974; 1987, 1973, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
15 V.S.A. § 204
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 204. Temporary orders

§ 204. Temporary orders|At any time before the trial, upon application of the complainant and upon notice to the respondent, the court, or a judge thereof in vacation, may enter such temporary order as may seem just providing for the support of the deserted spouse or child, or both, or of such parents, pendente lite, and may punish for violation of such order as for contempt. (Amended 1973, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
15 V.S.A. § 205
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 205. Order for payment; probation; recognizance

§ 205. Order for payment; probation; recognizance|Before the trial, with the consent of the respondent, or at the trial on entry of a plea of guilty, or after conviction, instead of imposing the penalty provided in section 202 of this title, or in addition thereto, the court, in its discretion, having regard to the circumstances and to the financial ability or earning capacity of the respondent, may make an order that shall be subject to change by the court from time to time, as circumstances may require, directing the respondent to pay a certain sum periodically to the spouse or to the guardian or custodian of the child or to an organization or individual approved by the court as trustee or to a parent or his or her guardian. Such court may order the respondent released from custody and placed on probation, upon his or her entering into a recognizance, with or without surety, in such sum as the court, or a judge thereof in vacation, may order and approve. The condition of the recognizance shall be such that if the respondent shall make his or her personal appearance in court whenever ordered so to do and shall further comply with the terms of such order of support, or of any subsequent modification thereof, such recognizance shall be void, otherwise in full force and effect. (Amended 1973, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
15 V.S.A. § 206
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 206. Proceedings on failure to comply

§ 206. Proceedings on failure to comply|If the court is satisfied by information and due proof under oath that the respondent has violated the terms of such order, it may forthwith proceed with the trial of the respondent under the original charge, or sentence him or her under the original conviction or enforce the suspended sentence, as the case may be. In case of forfeiture of a recognizance and enforcement thereof by execution, the sum recovered, in the discretion of the court, may be paid in whole or in part to the spouse or to the guardian, custodian or trustee of the child, or to a parent or his or her guardian. (Amended 1973, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
15 V.S.A. § 207
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 207. Evidence; competency of parties as witnesses

§ 207. Evidence; competency of parties as witnesses|Other evidence shall not be required to prove the civil marriage of the husband and wife, or that the respondent is the father or mother or stepfather or stepmother of the child, than is or shall be required to prove such facts in a civil action. In a prosecution under this subchapter, any existing statute or rule of law prohibiting the disclosure of confidential communications between husband and wife shall not apply, and both husband and wife shall be competent witnesses to testify against each other to any and all relevant matters, including the fact of the civil marriage and the parentage of the child; provided that neither shall be compelled to give self-incriminating evidence. Proof of the desertion of the husband or wife or child in destitute circumstances or of neglect or refusal to provide for the support and maintenance of the husband, wife, or child shall be prima facie evidence that the desertion, neglect, or refusal is willful. (Amended 1973, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)
15 V.S.A. § 209
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 209. Disposition, care, and maintenance of children

§ 209. Disposition, care, and maintenance of children|When a parent is found guilty of nonsupport or desertion of his or her child, the court may enter such order or judgment relating to the disposition, care, and maintenance of such child, either by committing the child to the Department for Children and Families or to some person or suitable institution, as shall be equitable in the premises. The court may enforce the same by execution or by any proper proceedings. The property of such parent shall not be exempt from levy and sale under execution. (Amended 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 27.)
15 V.S.A. § 210
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 210. Construction

§ 210. Construction|This subchapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
15 V.S.A. § 291
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 291. When a married person deserts or fails to support his or her spouse

§ 291. When a married person deserts or fails to support his or her spouse|(a) When a married person without just cause fails to furnish suitable support for that person's spouse, or has deserted such spouse, or when a married person, for a justifiable cause, is actually living apart from such spouse, on the complaint of either married person, or, if the deserted spouse has a mental condition or psychiatric disability, on the complaint of a guardian or next friend, the Superior Court, by its order, may prohibit either spouse from imposing restraint on the other's personal liberty for such time as the court in such order directs, or until further order.(b) Upon the application of the husband or wife, or of the guardian or next friend of either spouse, such court may make such orders as it deems expedient concerning the support of either spouse and the care, custody, education, and maintenance of the minor children of the parties. It may determine with which of the parents the children, or any of them, shall remain, and thereafter, from time to time, on similar application, may revise and alter such order, or make a new order or decree, as the case requires.(c) The complaint may be brought in the county in which either of the parties resides, except that, if the complainant has left the county in which the parties have lived together, the adverse party still residing therein, the complaint shall be brought in that county.(d) When complaint is made as provided in this section, a summons shall be issued to the other party directing him or her to cause his or her appearance therein to be entered not later than 21 days after the date of the service thereof and show cause why the prayer of the complaint should not be granted, which summons and the complaint shall be served on such party as provided by section 596 of this title.(e) After filing such complaint the Superior Court in which the cause is pending, or a Superior judge, on application of either party, may make such order concerning the care and custody of such minor children, or the support of either spouse, during the pendency of the complaint, as is deemed expedient and for the benefit of either spouse or the children.(f) When filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of a town, or served upon a private corporation, such order shall be a lien upon such of the real estate and personal property of the defendant in such town, and upon the stock of the defendant in such corporation as is mentioned in the order.(g) For the purposes of this section, "children" shall include stepchildren. (Amended 1971, No. 98, § 2, eff. April 22, 1971; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1973, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 66.)
15 V.S.A. § 293
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 293. When parents live separately

§ 293. When parents live separately|(a) When parents of minor children, or parents and stepparents of minor children, whether said parents are married or unmarried, are living separately, on the complaint of either parent or stepparent or, if it is a party in interest, the Department for Children and Families, the Family Division of the Superior Court may make such decree concerning parental rights and responsibilities and parent-child contact (as defined in section 664 of this title), and the support of the children, as in cases where either parent deserts or without just cause fails to support. Thereafter on the motion of either of the parents, the stepparent, or the Department for Children and Families, the court may annul, vary or modify the decrees.(b) Any legal presumption of parentage as set forth in section 308 of this title shall be sufficient basis for initiating a support action under this section without any further proceedings to establish parentage. If a party raises an objection to the presumption, the court may determine the issue of parentage as part of the support action. If no written objection to the presumption is raised, an order under this section shall constitute a judgment on the issue of parentage. (Amended 1971, No. 98, § 3, eff. April 22, 1971; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3 eff. April 9, 1974; 1993, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 28; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238.)
15 V.S.A. § 294
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 294. Man in the house

§ 294. Man in the house|(a) When the mother of minor children is residing within the same household as a man unrelated to her and not otherwise liable for the support of the mother and her children, on the complaint of the mother or, if she is receiving public assistance, the Department for Children and Families, the Superior Court shall make such decree concerning the support of the mother and the care, custody, maintenance, and education of the children as in cases where the husband refuses without just cause to support his wife and children. The decree shall by its terms continue in force for so long as the defendant resides within the household or until further order of the court.(b) This section shall not apply to persons living in boarding houses. (Added 1971, No. 98, § 4, eff. April 22, 1971; amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 29.)
15 V.S.A. § 295
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 295. Substitute husband and father

§ 295. Substitute husband and father|When complaint is made under section 292, 293 or 294 of this title, a summons shall be issued to the other party directing him to cause his appearance therein to be entered not later than 21 days after the date of the service thereof and show cause why the prayer of the complaint should not be granted, which summons and the complaint shall be served on such party as provided by section 596 or by section 597 of this title. After the filing of such complaint, the Superior Court in which the cause is pending, or any Superior judge, may, on application of either party make such order concerning the care and custody of the minor children during the pendency of the complaint, as is deemed expedient and for the benefit of such children. (Amended 1971, No. 98, § 5, eff. April 22, 1971; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
15 V.S.A. § 296
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Desertion and Support|§ 296. Liability of stepparents

§ 296. Liability of stepparents|A stepparent has a duty to support a stepchild if they reside in the same household and if the financial resources of the natural or adoptive parents are insufficient to provide the child with a reasonable subsistence consistent with decency and health. The duty of a stepparent to support a stepchild under this section shall be coextensive with and enforceable according to the same terms as the duty of a natural or adoptive parent to support a natural or adoptive child including any such duty of support as exists under the common law of this State, for so long as the marital bond creating the step relationship shall continue. (Added 1971, No. 247 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 7, 1972; amended 1985, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. April 1, 1987.)
15 V.S.A. § 511
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Annulment and Divorce|§ 511. Void civil marriages; consanguinity, affinity, or living spouse

§ 511. Void civil marriages; consanguinity, affinity, or living spouse|(a) Civil marriages prohibited by law on account of consanguinity or affinity between the parties or on account of either party having a wife or husband living, if solemnized within this State, shall be void without decree of divorce or other legal process.(b) When the validity of a civil marriage is uncertain for causes mentioned in subsection (a) of this section, either party may file a complaint to annul the same. Upon proof of the nullity of the marriage it shall be declared void by a decree of nullity. (Amended 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)
15 V.S.A. § 512
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Annulment and Divorce|§ 512. Voidable civil marriages- Grounds for annulment generally

§ 512. Voidable civil marriages- Grounds for annulment generally|The civil marriage contract may be annulled when, at the time of marriage, either party had not attained the age of 16 years or was physically or mentally incapable of entering into the civil marriage state or when the consent of either party was obtained by force or fraud. (Amended 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 67.)
15 V.S.A. § 513
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Annulment and Divorce|§ 513. Party under age of 16 years

§ 513. Party under age of 16 years|A complaint to annul a civil marriage on the ground that one of the parties was under the age of 16 years may be brought by the parent or guardian entitled to the custody of such minor or by a person admitted by the court to prosecute the same as the next friend of such minor. However, such marriage shall not be annulled on the complaint of a party of legal age at the time it was contracted nor when the parties, after they attained the age of consent, freely cohabited as husband and wife. (Amended 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)
15 V.S.A. § 514
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Annulment and Divorce|§ 514. Party is mentally incapable of entering into civil marriage

§ 514. Party is mentally incapable of entering into civil marriage|(a) When a civil marriage is sought to be annulled on the ground of one of the parties' mental incapability to enter into the civil marriage, it may be declared void on the complaint of a relative of such person at any time during the life of either of the parties.(b) When a civil marriage is sought to be annulled on the ground of one of the parties' mental incapability to enter into the civil marriage, on the complaint of a relative of the person, such marriage may be declared void during the continuance of such mental incapacity, or after the death of the person who is mentally incapacitated in that condition and during the lifetime of the other party to the marriage.(c) The civil marriage of a person who is mentally incapacitated may be declared void upon the complaint of the person after restoration to health, but a decree of nullity shall not be pronounced if the parties freely cohabited as spouses after the spouse who was mentally incapacitated had restored capacity.(d) If an action is not prosecuted by a relative, the civil marriage of a person who is mentally incapacitated may be annulled during the lifetime of both the parties to the marriage, on the complaint of a person admitted by the court to prosecute as the next friend of such person who is mentally incapacitated.(e) The phrases "mentally incapacitated," "incapacitated," "mental incapacity," "mentally incapable," "mental incapability," and other similar phrases as used in sections 511-514 of this title shall extend only to persons who have a severe psychiatric, cognitive, or other severe mental disability. (Amended 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 68.)
15 V.S.A. § 515
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Annulment and Divorce|§ 515. Party physically incapacitated

§ 515. Party physically incapacitated|A suit to annul a civil marriage on the ground of the physical incapacity of one of the parties shall be maintained only by the injured party against the party whose incapacity is alleged and shall be brought within two years from the solemnization of the marriage. (Amended 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)
15 V.S.A. § 516
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Annulment and Divorce|§ 516. Force or fraud

§ 516. Force or fraud|A civil marriage may be annulled during the lifetime of the parties, or one of them, on the ground that the consent of one of the parties was obtained by force or fraud, or the threat of force, or other forms of coercion or deception on the complaint of the party whose consent was so obtained or of the parent or guardian of such party or of some relative interested to contest the validity of the marriage. When such proceedings have been commenced and the party whose consent was so obtained dies before final decree, a parent or relative interested to contest the validity of the civil marriage may enter and prosecute such complaint. (Amended 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009; 2017, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 21, 2018.)
15 V.S.A. § 517
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Annulment and Divorce|§ 517. Custody and maintenance of issue

§ 517. Custody and maintenance of issue|If there is issue of a civil marriage annulled on the ground of force or fraud, the court shall decree their custody to the innocent parent and may provide for their education and maintenance out of the estate and property of the guilty party. (Amended 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)
15 V.S.A. § 518
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Annulment and Divorce|§ 518. Declarations of parties not sufficient proof

§ 518. Declarations of parties not sufficient proof|A civil marriage shall not be declared null solely on the declarations or confessions of the parties, but the court shall require other satisfactory evidence of the facts on which the allegation of nullity is founded. (Amended 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)
15 V.S.A. § 519
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 15 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Annulment and Divorce|§ 519. Decree of nullity

§ 519. Decree of nullity|A decree of nullity of civil marriage, if pronounced during the lifetime of the parties, shall be conclusive evidence of the invalidity of the marriage in all courts and proceedings. If such decree is pronounced after the death of either of the parties to the civil marriage, it shall be conclusive only as against the parties in the action and those claiming under them. (Amended 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)