Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 105
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 105
- Birth: includes stillbirth. See
- Child: means a person of any age whose parentage may be determined under this title. See
- Gestational carrier: means an adult person who is not an intended parent and who enters into a gestational carrier agreement to bear a child conceived using the gametes of other persons and not the gestational carrier's own, except that a person who carries a child for a family member using the gestational carrier's own gametes and who fulfills the requirements of chapter 8 of this title is a gestational carrier. See
- Parent: means a person who has established parentage that meets the requirements of this title. See
- Parentage: means the legal relationship between a child and a parent as established under this title. See
§ 105. Standing to maintain proceeding
Subject to other provisions of this chapter, a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be maintained by:
(1) the child;
(2) the person who gave birth to the child unless a court has adjudicated that the person is not a parent or the person is a gestational carrier who is not a parent under subdivision 803(1)(A) of this title;
(3) a person whose parentage is to be adjudicated;
(4) a person who is a parent under this title;
(5) the Department for Children and Families, including the Office of Child Support; or
(6) a representative authorized by law to act for a person who would otherwise be entitled to maintain a proceeding but who is deceased, incapacitated, or a minor. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)