§ 315. Parent and child relationship
(a) For the purpose of intestate succession, an individual is the child of his or her parents, regardless of their marital status, but a parent shall not inherit from a child unless the parent has openly acknowledged the child and not refused to support the child.
(b) The parent and child relationship may be established in parentage proceedings under Title 15C.
(c) A parent shall not inherit from a child conceived of sexual assault who is the subject of a parental rights and responsibilities order issued pursuant to 15 V.S.A. § 665(f). (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009; amended 2017, No. 44, § 6, eff. May 23, 2017; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights
§ 302. Dower and curtesy abolished
§ 311. Share of surviving spouse
§ 312. Surviving spouse to receive household goods
§ 313. Surviving spouse; vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle
§ 314. Share of heirs other than surviving spouse
§ 315. Parent and child relationship
§ 316. Allowances for surviving spouse and family during administration
§ 317. Allowance to children before payment of debts
§ 318. Allowance to children after payment of debts
§ 319. Elective share of surviving spouse; notice of rights
§ 320. Effect of divorce order
§ 321. Conveyance to defeat spouse’s interest
§ 322. Unlawful killing affecting inheritance
§ 323. Written waiver of spousal rights
§ 331. Degrees; how computed: kindred of half-blood
§ 332. Share of afterborn child
§ 333. Share of child or descendant of child omitted from will
§ 334. Afterborn and omitted child; from what part of estate share taken
§ 335. Beneficiary dying before testator; descendants to take
§ 336. Individual absent and unheard of; share of estate
§ 337. Requirement that individual survive decedent for 120 hours
§ 338. Distribution; order in which assets appropriated; abatement