Vermont Statutes
Chapter 11 - Annulment and Divorce
§ 513. Party under age of 16 years

§ 513. Party under age of 16 years
A complaint to annul a civil marriage on the ground that one of the parties was under the age of 16 years may be brought by the parent or guardian entitled to the custody of such minor or by a person admitted by the court to prosecute the same as the next friend of such minor. However, such marriage shall not be annulled on the complaint of a party of legal age at the time it was contracted nor when the parties, after they attained the age of consent, freely cohabited as husband and wife. (Amended 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 15 - Domestic Relations

Chapter 11 - Annulment and Divorce

§ 511. Void civil marriages; consanguinity, affinity, or living spouse

§ 512. Voidable civil marriages—Grounds for annulment generally

§ 513. Party under age of 16 years

§ 514. Party is mentally incapable of entering into civil marriage

§ 515. Party physically incapacitated

§ 516. Force or fraud

§ 517. Custody and maintenance of issue

§ 518. Declarations of parties not sufficient proof

§ 519. Decree of nullity

§ 520. Children of civil marriage annulled

§ 551. Grounds for divorce from bond of matrimony

§ 552. Reconciliation

§ 553. Collusion

§ 554. Decrees nisi

§ 555. Legal separation

§ 558. Woman allowed to take maiden name

§ 559. Change of children’s names

§ 560. Remarriage

§ 562. Recrimination

§ 563. Condonation

§ 591. Jurisdiction and power of courts

§ 592. Residence

§ 593. Place for bringing action; caption of divorce action

§ 594. Representation and testimony of child

§ 594a. Temporary relief

§ 603. Contempt

§ 604. Costs on motion to revise

§ 606. Action to recover maintenance, child support, and suit money; sanction for noncompliance

§ 607. Action by attorney to recover suit money

§ 631. Generally

§ 632. Jurisdiction; guardian ad litem for libelee with a mental incapacity

§ 633. Duty of State’s Attorney

§ 634. Alimony; distribution of property; care and custody of children

§ 635. Support of defendant

§ 636. Filing certified copies of orders with court which committed party with a mental condition or psychiatric disability

§ 637. Costs and expenses

§ 650. Legislative findings and purpose

§ 653. Definitions

§ 654. Support guideline

§ 655. Total child support obligation

§ 656. Computation of parental support obligation

§ 656a. Adjustment for additional dependents

§ 657. Shared or split physical custody

§ 658. Support

§ 659. Child support order

§ 660. Modification

§ 661. Child support maintenance supplement

§ 662. Income statements

§ 663. Support orders; required contents

§ 664. Definitions

§ 665. Rights and responsibilities order; best interests of the child

§ 665a. Conditions of parent-child contact in cases involving domestic violence

§ 666. Agreements between parents

§ 667. Evidence

§ 668. Modification of order

§ 668a. Enforcement of visitation

§ 669. Guardian ad litem

§ 670. Access to records

§ 681. Definitions

§ 682. Final order; modification

§ 683. Temporary modification

§ 684. Emergency motion to modify; permanent modification

§ 685. Testimony and evidence

§ 686. No existing final order

§ 687. Duty to cooperate and disclose information

§ 688. Failure to exercise parent-child contact rights

§ 689. Attorney’s fees

§ 711. Sale of property

§ 712. Whole of real estate may be sold

§ 713. Execution

§ 714. Disposition of proceeds

§ 715. Subsequent default

§ 751. Property settlement

§ 752. Maintenance

§ 753. Conveyance of realty after legal separation

§ 754. Judgment effective to convey real estate

§ 755. Judge out of office may sign judgment for maintenance

§ 756. Court may order money paid to trustees

§ 757. Security for payment

§ 758. Revision of judgment relating to maintenance

§ 762. Insurance benefits

§ 780. Definitions

§ 781. Withholding wages upon issuance or modification of support order after July 1, 1990

§ 782. Expedited procedure for wage withholding

§ 783. Wage withholding; notice and hearing

§ 785. Wage withholding orders

§ 786. Obligee’s responsibility

§ 787. Employer’s responsibility; compensation

§ 788. Parent’s responsibility

§ 789. Wage withholding exemptions; priorities and limitations

§ 790. Employee protected; penalty

§ 791. Arrearage judgment lien

§ 792. Lottery offset

§ 793. Credit reporting

§ 794. Tax offsets

§ 795. Licenses or governmental contracts

§ 796. Assets held in escrow

§ 797. Civil penalties

§ 798. Enforcement of child support orders; suspension of licenses

§ 799. Trustee process

§ 800. Contract with sheriff for service of civil process