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Vermont · Through 2025 session

33 V.S.A. § 6933: Request for relief

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  1. Title 33: Human Services
  2. Chapter 069: Reports of Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults
  3. Subchapter 002: MALTREATMENT PREVENTION FOR VULNERABLE ADULTS

(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.

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