{"data":{"id":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-2661","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"14 V.S.A. § 2661","heading":"Definitions","body":"For the purposes of this article:\n(1) “Best interests of the child” means a determination, based on consideration of all relevant factors and available options, of circumstances that will best provide the child with at a minimum all the following:\n(A) Adequate food.\n(B) Clothing.\n(C) Health care.\n(D) Any other material needs.\n(E) A safe and nurturing environment that meets the child’s present and future developmental needs and promotes appropriate interactions and relationships with family members, foster family, and other people who will play a constructive role in the child’s life.\n(F) Support to help the child adjust to home, school, and community.\n(2) “Parent” means the parent or parents of a minor.\n(3) “Permanent guardian” means one or two adults appointed by the court to act as a parent for a child during the child’s minority.\n(4) “Permanent guardianship” means a legal guardianship of a minor that is intended to continue with the same guardian, based on the guardian’s express commitment, for the duration of the child’s minority.\n(5) “Relative” means a grandparent, great-grandparent, sibling, first cousin, aunt, uncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, niece, or nephew of a person, whether related to the person by the whole or the half blood, affinity, or adoption. The term does not include a person’s stepparent.","path":["Title 14: Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations","Chapter 111: Guardianship","Subchapter 002: PERSONS FOR WHOM GUARDIANS APPOINTED"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/14/111/02661","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:16:59Z","sha256":"9b558261e0cd7ddbc69c8def3071ee7caea12f9bc0122da6ffa8b5c33cbb5349","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-2660","next":"us-vt/14-v.s.a.-2662"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}