Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 5-108
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 5-108
- Adoptee: means a person who is adopted or is to be adopted. 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
- Records: means all documents, exhibits and data pertaining to an adoption, whether collected prior to or after the decree of adoption. 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
§ 5-108. Decree of adoption
(a) A decree of adoption issued under this article shall substantially conform to the relevant requirements of section 3-705 of this title and appeals from a decree, or challenges to it, are governed by section 3-707 of this title.
(b) The court shall send a copy of the decree to each person named in the petition at the address stated in the petition.
(c) Within 30 days after a decree of adoption becomes final, the clerk of the court shall prepare a report of the adoption for the State Registrar of Vital Records, and, if the petitioners have requested it, the report shall instruct the State Registrar to issue a new birth certificate to the adoptee, as provided in Article 3, Part 8 of this title. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2017, No. 46, § 58, eff. July 1, 2019.)