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Vt. Stat. tit. 15A § 3-304
Vermont
Statutes
Title
Fifteen (A). Adoption Act
Article
3. General Procedure for Adoption
Part
3. Petition for Adoption of Minor
§
3-304 Content of petition
(a) A petition for adoption
of a minor shall be signed and verified by the petitioner. It shall be
filed and shall contain the following information or state why any of
the information omitted is not contained in the petition:
(1) the full name, date
of birth, and place and duration of residence of the petitioner, and his
or her relationship to the adoptee, if any;
(2) the current marital
status of the petitioner, including any pending divorce and the date of
any judicial determination that a petitioner's spouse is incompetent;
(3) the occupation and
approximate income of each petitioner and that the petitioner
has facilities and resources to provide for the care and support of the
minor;
(4) that a preplacement
evaluation favorable to the petitioner has been completed or updated within
the 12 months before the placement, or that a preplacement evaluation
has been waived by a court for good cause shown or is not required under
section 2-201 of this title;
(5) the full birth or
legal name, sex, and the time and date, or approximate time and date,
and place of birth of the minor adoptee, and a statement that the minor
is or is not an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act,
25 U.S.C. §§ 1901 et seq.;
(6) the circumstances
under which the petitioner obtained physical custody of the minor, including
the date of placement for adoption with the petitioner and the name of
the agency or the name and relationship to the minor of the person that
placed the minor;
(7) the length of time
the minor has been in the physical custody of the petitioner or the reason
why the petitioner does not have physical custody and the
date and manner in which the petitioner intends to obtain physical custody;
(8) a description and
estimate of the value of any known property of the minor;
(9) that any law governing
interstate or intercountry placement was complied with;
(10) the name and relationship
to the minor of any person who has executed a consent, relinquishment,
or a disclaimer of paternal interest; the name and relationship to the
minor of any person whose consent or relinquishment may be required whose
parental relationship has not been terminated; and any fact or circumstance
that may excuse the lack of consent;
(11) that a previous petition
by the petitioner to adopt has or has not been made in any court, and
its disposition;
(12) a description of
any previous court order or pending proceeding, known to the petitioner
concerning child support for the minor or concerning custody of or visitation
with the minor, including the name of the court;
(13)
the full name by which the adoptee is to be known if the petition is granted;
and
(14) any other fact known
to the petitioner and needed to establish the jurisdiction of the court.
(b) The petitioner shall
request in the petition:
(1) that the petitioner
be permitted to adopt the minor as the petitioner's child; and
(2) any other relief sought
by the petitioner.
-- Added 1995, No. 161
(Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1997, No. 53, § 4, eff. June 26,
1997.
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