§ 1084. Temporary visitation
§ 1084. Temporary visitation (a) A Vermont court that does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing: (1) a visitation schedule made by a court of another state; or (2) the visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide for a […]
§ 1085. Registration of child custody determination
§ 1085. Registration of child custody determination (a) A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in Vermont, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the Family Division of the Superior Court in the county in which a person listed in subdivision (3) of this […]
§ 1086. Enforcement of registered determination
§ 1086. Enforcement of registered determination (a) A Vermont court may grant any relief normally available under Vermont law to enforce a registered child custody determination made by a court of another state. (b) A Vermont court shall recognize and enforce but may not modify, except in accordance with subchapter 2 of this chapter, a […]
§ 1087. Simultaneous proceedings
§ 1087. Simultaneous proceedings If a proceeding for enforcement under this subchapter is commenced in a Vermont court and the court determines that a proceeding to modify the determination is pending in a court of another state having jurisdiction to modify the determination under subchapter 2 of this chapter, the enforcing court shall immediately communicate […]
§ 1074. Temporary emergency jurisdiction
§ 1074. Temporary emergency jurisdiction (a) A Vermont court has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in Vermont, and the child has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected to or threatened with mistreatment […]
§ 1075. Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder
§ 1075. Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder (a) Before a child custody determination is made under this chapter, notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the standards of section 1066 of this title shall be given to all persons entitled to notice under Vermont law as in child custody proceedings between […]
§ 1076. Simultaneous proceedings
§ 1076. Simultaneous proceedings (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 1074 of this title, a Vermont court may not exercise its jurisdiction under this subchapter if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a proceeding concerning the custody of the child has been commenced in a court of another state having jurisdiction […]
§ 1077. Inconvenient forum
§ 1077. Inconvenient forum (a) A Vermont court that has jurisdiction under this chapter to make a child custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances, and that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum. The issue […]
§ 1078. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct
§ 1078. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 1074 of this title or other Vermont law, if a Vermont court has jurisdiction under this chapter because a person seeking to invoke its jurisdiction has engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court shall decline to exercise its jurisdiction unless: (1) […]
§ 1079. Information to be submitted to court
§ 1079. Information to be submitted to court (a) In accordance with Vermont law regarding the confidentiality of procedures, addresses, and other identifying information in a child custody proceeding, each party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall give information, if reasonably ascertainable, under oath as to the child’s present address or […]