Vermont § 1-102 Who may adopt or be adopted

Vermont Statutes

§ 1-102 — Who may adopt or be adopted

Vermont § 1-102

Title 15ATitle 15A: Adoption Act

Ch. 1Article 001: General Provisions

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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 15A, § 1-102 (2026).

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(a)Subject to this title, any person may adopt or be adopted by another person for the purpose of creating the relationship of parent and child between them.

(b)If a family unit consists of a parent and the parent’s partner, and adoption is in the best interests of the child, the partner of a parent may adopt a child of the parent. Termination of the parent’s parental rights is unnecessary in an adoption under this subsection. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

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(a) Subject to this title, any person may adopt or be adopted by another person for the purpose of creating the relationship of parent and child between them.
(b) If a family unit consists of a parent and the parent’s partner, and adoption is in the best interests of the child, the partner of a parent may adopt a child of the parent. Termination of the parent’s parental rights is unnecessary in an adoption under this subsection. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)