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2011 Vermont Code
Title 15A Adoption Act
Article 4 ADOPTION OF MINOR STEPCHILD BY STEPPARENT
§ 103 Consent to adoption

Universal Citation:
15A VT Stats § 4-103. (2011 through Adj Sess)
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§ 4-103. Consent to adoption

Unless consent is not required under section 2-402 of this title, a petition to adopt a minor stepchild may be granted only if consent to the adoption has been executed by a stepchild who has attained 14 years of age; and

(1) the minor's parents as described in subsection 2-401(a) of this title;

(2) the minor's guardian if expressly authorized by a court to consent to the minor's adoption; or

(3) an agency that placed the minor for adoption by the stepparent. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

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