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2011 Vermont Code
Title 14 Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 111 GUARDIANSHIP
§ 3060 Policy


14 VT Stats § 3060. (2011 through Adj Sess) What's This?

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TITLE 14

Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations

PART IV

Fiduciary Relations

CHAPTER 111. GUARDIANSHIP

Subchapter XII. Persons in Need of Guardianship

§ 3060. Policy

Guardianship shall be utilized only as necessary to promote the well-being of the individual and to protect the individual from violations of his or her human and civil rights. It shall be designed to encourage the development and maintenance of maximum self-reliance and independence in the individual and only the least restrictive form of guardianship shall be ordered to the extent required by the individual's actual mental and adaptive limitations. The state of Vermont recognizes the fundamental right of an adult with capacity to determine the extent of health care the individual will receive. (Added 1979, No. 76, { 15; amended 2007, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), { 1.)

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