Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 33, § 6933 (2026)

Subchapter 002 : MALTREATMENT PREVENTION FOR VULNERABLE ADULTS

• § 6933. Request for relief

  (a) A vulnerable adult, Adult Protective Services staff, or an interested person on behalf of a vulnerable adult may seek relief from abuse, neglect, or exploitation by filing a petition requesting one or more of the following orders:

  (1) an order that the defendant refrain from abusing, neglecting, or exploiting the vulnerable adult;

  (2) an order that the defendant immediately vacate the household;

  (3) an order that the defendant shall not contact or communicate with the vulnerable adult either directly or through a third party;

  (4) an order that the defendant shall not come within a fixed distance from the vulnerable adult;

  (5) an order that the defendant shall not stalk, as defined in 12 V.S.A. § 5131, the vulnerable adult;

  (6) an order to deliver care plans, medicines, physicians’ orders, and medical records to the vulnerable adult or the vulnerable adult’s representative;

  (7) an order to cooperate in the transfer of the vulnerable adult’s care to ensure the vulnerable adult’s safety and well-being;

  (8) an order to immediately return any cash, checks, money, or property belonging to the vulnerable adult in the defendant’s possession;

  (9) an order to immediately return any personal documentation regarding the vulnerable adult, including identification documents, insurance information, financial records, and immigration documentation;

  (10) an order that the defendant shall not access, dispose of, take, or transfer funds, accounts, or property from the vulnerable adult or any account in the name of the vulnerable adult;

  (11) an order to cease any access, sharing, or use of identifying information, image, or likeness of the vulnerable adult;

  (12) an order regarding possession, care, and control of any animal owned, possessed, leased, kept, or held as a pet by the vulnerable adult; and

  (13) such other orders as deemed necessary to protect the vulnerable adult.

  (b) No filing fee shall be required. (Added 1991, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2001, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. June 13, 2002; 2023, No. 81, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)