Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 124

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • 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
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

§ 124. Inalienability of assistance payments

All rights to and all monies or orders granted to persons as assistance shall be inalienable by assignment, transfer, attachment, trustee process, execution, or otherwise. In case of bankruptcy, the assistance shall not pass to or through a trustee or other person acting on behalf of creditors. (Added 1967, No. 147, § 1.)