Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 15, § 209 (2026)

Disposition, care, and maintenance of children

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Subchapter 001 : UNIFORM DESERTION AND NONSUPPORT ACT

(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 209)

§ 209. Disposition, care, and maintenance of children

When a parent is found guilty of nonsupport or desertion of his or her child, the court may enter such order or judgment relating to the disposition, care, and maintenance of such child, either by committing the child to the Department for Children and Families or to some person or suitable institution, as shall be equitable in the premises. The court may enforce the same by execution or by any proper proceedings. The property of such parent shall not be exempt from levy and sale under execution. (Amended 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 27.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Moreau v. Sylvester, Sylvester v. Moreau, 2014 VT 31 (Vt. 2014).

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Moreau v. Sylvester, Sylvester v. Moreau, 2014 VT 31 (Vt. 2014). · cites it 2× “The legislation cited, however, concerns disposition, care and maintenance of children by the state child welfare agency “or to some person or suitable institution, as shall be equitable” where a parent is guilty of nonsupport or desertion, 15 V.S.A. §§ 209; 291. It is not at…”

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