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2005 Vermont Code - § 1303. — Requisites of a valid reciprocal beneficiaries relationship

§ 1303. Requisites of a valid reciprocal beneficiaries relationship

For a reciprocal beneficiaries relationship to be established in Vermont, it shall be necessary that the parties satisfy all of the following criteria:

(1) Be at least 18 years of age and competent to enter into a contract.

(2) Not be a party to another reciprocal beneficiaries relationship, a civil union or a marriage.

(3) Be related by blood or by adoption and prohibited from establishing a civil union or marriage with the other party to the proposed reciprocal beneficiaries relationship.

(4) Consent to the reciprocal beneficiaries relationship without force, fraud or duress. (Added 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 29.)

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