2014 Vermont Statutes
Title 15A - Adoption Act
Chapter 3 - GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTION
Subchapter 6: EVALUATION OF ADOPTEE AND PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENT
§ 3-601 Evaluation during proceeding for adoption

15 V.S.A. § 3-601 What's This?

§ 3-601. Evaluation during proceeding for adoption

(a) Not later than five days after a complete petition for adoption of a minor is filed, the court shall order that an evaluation be made by:

(1) a qualified employee of the agency that placed the minor for adoption; or

(2) in a direct placement adoption, the person who made the placement evaluation or another person qualified under section 2-202 of this title.

(b) The court shall provide the evaluator with a copy of the petition for adoption and copies of relevant items filed with the petition. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

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