{"data":{"id":"us-vt/15a-v.s.a.-3-102","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"15A V.S.A. § 3-102","heading":"Venue","body":"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a petition for adoption may be filed in the Probate Division of the Superior Court in the district in which a petitioner resides or has legal residence at the time of filing, the adoptee resides, or an office of an agency or the Department that placed the adoptee is located.\n(b) A consent or petition for relinquishment or termination of parental rights may be filed in the Probate Division of the Superior Court in the district in which the minor resides, a relinquishing parent resides, or the agency or person receiving the relinquishment has its principal place of business.\n(c) Review of the appeal of a preplacement assessment shall take place in the probate division of the Superior Court in the district in which the appealing party resides or where the agency or person conducting the assessment is located.","path":["Title 15A: Adoption Act","Chapter 003: General Procedure for Adoption","Subchapter 001: JURISDICTION AND VENUE"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/15A/003","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:00Z","sha256":"ece76531741abd8bf6d89c2ee879968cbf90ac697d68ff6d1f30b3acfd2eba38","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/15a-v.s.a.-3-101","next":"us-vt/15a-v.s.a.-3-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}