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2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 15A Adoption Act
Article 3 GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTION
§ 201 Appointment of attorney or guardian ad litem


Universal Citation:
15A V.S.A. § 201
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3-201. Appointment of attorney or guardian ad litem

(a) In a proceeding under this title which may result in the termination of a relationship of parent and child, the court shall appoint an attorney for any indigent, minor, or incompetent person who appears in the proceeding and whose parental relationship to a child may be terminated, unless the court finds that the minor or incompetent person has sufficient financial means to hire an attorney, or the indigent person declines to be represented by an attorney.

(b) The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for a minor adoptee in a contested proceeding under this title and may appoint a guardian ad litem for a minor adoptee in an uncontested proceeding. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), 1.)

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