{"data":{"id":"us-vt/15a-v.s.a.-4-109","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"15A V.S.A. § 4-109","heading":"Notice of pendency of proceeding","body":"Within 30 days after a petition to adopt a minor stepchild is filed, the court shall serve notice of the proceeding upon:\n(1) the petitioner’s spouse;\n(2) any other person whose consent to the adoption is required under this article;\n(3) any person described in subdivisions 3-401(a)(3), (4), and (6) and subsection 3-401(b) of this title; and\n(4) the parents of the minor’s parent whose parental relationship will be terminated by the adoption unless the identity or the whereabouts of those parents are unknown.","path":["Title 15A: Adoption Act","Chapter 004: Adoption of Minor Stepchild by Stepparent"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/15A/004","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:00Z","sha256":"b819c93a3aa575e7df1fc8d8a0bae5cd14ddef9dfe03afd7e0f547569ca21276","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/15a-v.s.a.-4-108","next":"us-vt/15a-v.s.a.-4-110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}