Vermont Statutes Annotated
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 15, § 1202 (2026)
Requisites of a valid civil union
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(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 1202)
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§ 1202. Requisites of a valid civil union
For a civil union to be established in Vermont, it shall be necessary that the parties to a civil union satisfy all of the following criteria:
(1) not be a party to another civil union or a marriage;
(2) be of the same sex;
(3) meet the criteria and obligations set forth in 18 V.S.A. chapter 106. (Added 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 2009, No. 3, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2004–2005 · leading case: State v. Rodgers, 827 N.E.2d 872 (Ohio Ct. Com. Pl. 2005).
State v. Rodgers, 827 N.E.2d 872 (Ohio Ct. Com. Pl. 2005). “) The Ohio General Assembly expressed the intent behind this 2004 statute in uncodified Section 3 of the bill: (B) The General Assembly declares its intent to define marriage and clarify that relationships that are intended as substitutes for marriage, including but not limited…”
Salucco v. Alldredge, 17 Mass. L. Rptr. 498 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2004). “See Vt. Stat. Ann. Tit. 15, §§1202, 1206. To obtain a dissolution of a civil union, one party must have been a resident of Vermont for one year preceding the date of a final hearing.”
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