{"data":{"id":"us-vt/15a-v.s.a.-1-102","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"15A V.S.A. § 1-102","heading":"Who may adopt or be adopted","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 15A: Adoption Act","Chapter 001: General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/15A/001","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:00Z","sha256":"746cac57ea6d4ac9b34a7b9ee8b8a4c0d59b9ab1ec9b5a842460873b134f11df","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/15a-v.s.a.-1-101","next":"us-vt/15a-v.s.a.-1-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}