2011 Vermont Code
Title 15 Domestic Relations
Chapter 21 ABUSE PREVENTION
§ 1106 Procedure
§ 1106. Procedure
(a) Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, proceedings commenced under this chapter shall be in accordance with the Vermont Rules for Family Proceedings and shall be in addition to any other available civil or criminal remedies.
(b) The court administrator shall establish procedures to insure access to relief after regular court hours, or on weekends and holidays. The court administrator is authorized to contract with public or private agencies to assist plaintiffs to seek relief and to gain access to superior courts. Law enforcement agencies shall assist in carrying out the intent of this section.
(c) The office of the court administrator shall ensure that the superior court has procedures in place so that the contents of orders and pendency of other proceedings can be known to all courts for cases in which an abuse prevention proceeding is related to a criminal proceeding. (Added 1979, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), { 1; amended 1981, No. 218 (Adj. Sess.), { 3; 1993, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), { 4; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), { 130.)
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