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2011 Vermont Code
Title 04 Judiciary
Chapter 1 SUPREME COURT
§ 35 Jurisdiction; probate division

Universal Citation:
4 VT Stats § 35. (2011 through Adj Sess)
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§ 35. Jurisdiction; probate division

The probate division shall have jurisdiction of:

(1) the probate of wills;

(2) the settlement of estates;

(3) the administration of trusts pursuant to Title 14A;

(4) trusts of absent persons' estates;

(5) charitable, cemetery, and philanthropic trusts;

(6) the appointment of guardians, and of the powers, duties, and rights of guardians and wards;

(7) proceedings concerning chapter 231 of Title 18;

(8) accountings of attorneys-in-fact where no guardian has been appointed and the agent has reason to believe the principal is incompetent;

(9) adoptions and relinquishment for adoption;

(10) uniform gifts to minors;

(11) changes of name;

(12) issuance of new birth certificates and amendment of birth certificates;

(13) correction or amendment of civil marriage certificates and death certificates;

(14) emergency waiver of premarital medical certificates;

(15) proceedings relating to cemetery lots;

(16) trusts relating to community mausoleums or columbaria;

(17) civil actions brought under subchapter 3 of chapter 107 of Title 18, relating to disposition of remains;

(18) proceedings relating to the conveyance of a homestead interest of a spouse under a legal disability;

(19) the issuance of declaratory judgments;

(20) issuance of certificates of public good authorizing the civil marriage of persons under 16 years of age;

(21) appointment of administrators to discharge mortgages held by deceased mortgagees;

(22) appointment of trustees for persons confined under sentences of imprisonment;

(23) fixation of compensation and expenses of boards of arbitrators of death taxes of Vermont domiciliaries;

(24) emancipation of minors proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 217 of Title 12;

(25) grandparent visitation proceedings under chapter 18 of Title 15; and

(26) other matters as provided by law. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), { 7f, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)

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