2011 Vermont Code
Title 15 Domestic Relations
Chapter 19 UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION ACT
§ 1038 Additional parties
§ 1038. Additional parties
If the court learns from information furnished by the parties pursuant to section 1037 of this title or from other sources that a person not a party to the custody proceeding has physical custody of the child or claims to have custody or visitation rights with respect to the child, it shall order that person to be joined as a party and to be duly notified of the pendency of the proceeding and of his or her joinder as a party. If the person joined as a party is outside this state, he or she shall be served with process or otherwise notified in accordance with section 1034 of this title. (Added 1979, No. 136 (Adj. Sess.), { 2.)
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