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2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 04 Judiciary
Chapter 10 FAMILY COURT
§ 455 Transfer of probate proceedings


4 V.S.A. § 455. What's This?

§ 455. Transfer of probate proceedings

(a) Any guardianship action filed in the probate division of the superior court pursuant to chapter 111, subchapter 2, article 1 of Title 14 and any adoption action filed in the probate division pursuant to Title 15A may be transferred to the family division of the superior court as provided in this section.

(b) The family division shall order the transfer of the proceeding on motion of a party or on its own motion if it finds that the identity of the parties, issues, and evidence are so similar in nature to the parties, issues, and evidence in a proceeding pending in the family division that transfer of the probate action to the family division would expedite resolution of the issues or would best serve the interests of justice. (Added 1989, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1990; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 28a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)

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