§ 634. Alimony; distribution of property; care and custody of children
(a) In actions brought for the cause of mental incapacity, the courts and the judges thereof shall possess all the powers relative to the payment of alimony, the distribution of property, and the care and custody of the children of the parties, that such courts now have, or may hereafter have, in other actions for divorce.
(b) The court may make such orders for the division of property held by the parties as tenants by the entirety as may be proper.
(c) No order shall be made providing for continued support of a spouse without a mental condition or psychiatric disability from the estate of a spouse with a mental condition or psychiatric disability after the remarriage of the spouse who does not have a mental condition or a psychiatric disability. (Amended 1987, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 70.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
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
§ 517. Custody and maintenance of issue
§ 518. Declarations of parties not sufficient proof
§ 520. Children of civil marriage annulled
§ 551. Grounds for divorce from bond of matrimony
§ 558. Woman allowed to take maiden name
§ 559. Change of children’s names
§ 591. Jurisdiction and power of courts
§ 593. Place for bringing action; caption of divorce action
§ 594. Representation and testimony of child
§ 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
§ 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
§ 650. Legislative findings and purpose
§ 655. Total child support obligation
§ 656. Computation of parental support obligation
§ 656a. Adjustment for additional dependents
§ 657. Shared or split physical custody
§ 661. Child support maintenance supplement
§ 663. Support orders; required contents
§ 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
§ 668a. Enforcement of visitation
§ 682. Final order; modification
§ 684. Emergency motion to modify; permanent modification
§ 686. No existing final order
§ 687. Duty to cooperate and disclose information
§ 688. Failure to exercise parent-child contact rights
§ 712. Whole of real estate may be sold
§ 714. Disposition of proceeds
§ 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
§ 758. Revision of judgment relating to maintenance
§ 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
§ 795. Licenses or governmental contracts
§ 798. Enforcement of child support orders; suspension of licenses