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2011 Vermont Code
Title 15A Adoption Act
Article 5 ADOPTION OF ADULTS AND EMANCIPATED MINORS
§ 108 Decree of adoption

Universal Citation:
15A VT Stats § 5-108. (2011 through Adj Sess)
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§ 5-108. Decree of adoption

(a) A decree of adoption issued under this article shall substantially conform to the relevant requirements of section 3-705 of this title and appeals from a decree, or challenges to it, are governed by section 3-707 of this title.

(b) The court shall send a copy of the decree to each person named in the petition at the address stated in the petition.

(c) Within 30 days after a decree of adoption becomes final, the clerk of the court shall prepare a report of the adoption for the supervisor of vital records, and, if the petitioners have requested it, the report shall instruct the supervisor to issue a new birth certificate to the adoptee, as provided in Article 3, Part 8 of this title. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

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