2005 Vermont Code - § 5503. — Jurisdiction

§ 5503. Jurisdiction

(a) The juvenile court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all proceedings concerning any child who is or who is alleged to be a delinquent child or a child in need of care or supervision brought under the authority of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

(b) The orders of the juvenile court under the authority of this chapter shall take precedence over any order of any other court of this state, except an order establishing child support, to the extent inconsistent therewith. (1967, No. 304 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1981, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 17, 1981; 1989, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), § 27.)