{"data":{"id":"us-vt/33-v.s.a.-6933","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"33 V.S.A. § 6933","heading":"Request for relief","body":"(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:\n(1) an order that the defendant refrain from abusing, neglecting, or exploiting the vulnerable adult;\n(2) an order that the defendant immediately vacate the household;\n(3) an order that the defendant shall not contact or communicate with the vulnerable adult either directly or through a third party;\n(4) an order that the defendant shall not come within a fixed distance from the vulnerable adult;\n(5) an order that the defendant shall not stalk, as defined in 12 V.S.A. § 5131, the vulnerable adult;\n(6) an order to deliver care plans, medicines, physicians’ orders, and medical records to the vulnerable adult or the vulnerable adult’s representative;\n(7) an order to cooperate in the transfer of the vulnerable adult’s care to ensure the vulnerable adult’s safety and well-being;\n(8) an order to immediately return any cash, checks, money, or property belonging to the vulnerable adult in the defendant’s possession;\n(9) an order to immediately return any personal documentation regarding the vulnerable adult, including identification documents, insurance information, financial records, and immigration documentation;\n(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;\n(11) an order to cease any access, sharing, or use of identifying information, image, or likeness of the vulnerable adult;\n(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\n(13) such other orders as deemed necessary to protect the vulnerable adult.\n(b) No filing fee shall be required.","path":["Title 33: Human Services","Chapter 069: Reports of Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults","Subchapter 002: MALTREATMENT PREVENTION FOR VULNERABLE ADULTS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/33/069/06933","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:11Z","sha256":"42959094e7fa4977330acd894b742a7445b83e87d95d31e7764f18b8e8bc0134","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/33-v.s.a.-6932","next":"us-vt/33-v.s.a.-6934"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}