Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1-106

  • Adoptee: means a person who is adopted or is to be adopted. See
  • Agency: means the Department or a child-placing public or private entity that is licensed in this State to place minors for adoption. See
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See

§ 1-106. Other rights of adoptee

A decree of adoption does not affect any benefit from a third person, agency, state, Indian tribe, the United States, or any other country that is due the adoptee when the adoption decree becomes final. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)