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2018 Vermont Statutes
Title 12 - Court Procedure
Chapter 167 - Declaratory Judgments Act
§ 4711 Declaratory judgment; scope
Universal Citation: 12 V.S.A. § 4711
§ 4711. Declaratory judgment; scope
Superior Courts within their jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. An action or proceeding shall not be open to objection on the grounds that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect. Such declarations shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 236, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 81, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
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