§ 317. Allowance to children before payment of debts
The court may make reasonable allowance for the necessary expenses of support and maintenance of any children of the decedent until they reach 18 years of age. The court may order the executor or administrator to retain sufficient estate assets for that purpose, except where some provision is made by will for their support. The allowance shall be made before any distribution of the estate among creditors, heirs, or beneficiaries by will. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009; amended 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