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2011 Vermont Code
Title 15A Adoption Act
Article 3 GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTION
§ 701 Time for hearing on petition

Universal Citation:
15A VT Stats § 3-701. (2011 through Adj Sess)
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TITLE 15A

Adoption Act

CHAPTER 3. GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTION

Subchapter VII. Dispositional Hearing; Decree of Adoption

§ 3-701. Time for hearing on petition

The hearing on the petition shall take place no sooner than 180 days after the minor has been placed in the home of the adopting parent. For good cause, the court may shorten the time for the hearing. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

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