Termination at Initial Disposition Affirmed When Parent Cannot Resume Duties Within a Child-Centered “Reasonable Time,” and No Lesser Alternative Is Required After a Best-Interests Finding (In re...
Public Records Act “Denial” Requires Written Refusal or Statutory Nonproduction; Unsupported Allegations Cannot Defeat Summary Judgment Introduction In Kevin Blais v. Town of Burke (Vt. Sup. Ct.,...
Impracticability Exception in Vermont Divorce: No Pension Division Without Evidence of Present Value/Coverture Fraction and Where Retained Jurisdiction Would Be Unreasonable Introduction In Mary Ann...
Equitable Distribution May Favor the Homemaker-Caregiver and Use Property in Lieu of Maintenance, Even Over a Business Owner’s Preference to Retain the Marital Worksite Case: Sherry Shepard v....
Temporal Proximity as the Key to Admitting Weapon Possession and Post-Offense Property Damage to Prove Burglary Intent (and to Defeat Mistrial Claims Curable by Instruction) Introduction In State v....
Ripeness and Fact-Finding Bar Standalone Declaratory Judgments Seeking Nonconforming-Use Exemptions from Short-Term Rental Regulation Case: 32 Intervale, LLC et al. v. City of Burlington, 2026 VT 9...
“Great Certainty” Is an Unconstitutional Reasonable-Doubt Definition: Plain Error and Partial Overruling of State v. Levitt Case: State v. Rein Kolts, 2026 VT 10 (Vt. Apr. 10, 2026) 1. Introduction...
Standard-Offer Commissioning Extensions Are Measured from the Specified Mandate, and an Unextended SOC Expires by Statute and Contract—Notwithstanding Agency Delay or Later Re-Permitting I....
Relinquishment Defeating a Reunification Goal Constitutes “Changed Circumstances,” and Omission of the Words “Clear and Convincing” Does Not Require Reversal Where Findings Show the Standard Was...
Unambiguous “Beach Rights and Privileges” Deed Language Conveys Only an Easement (Not Fee Title) and Supports Dismissal of a Quiet-Title Claim Introduction Michael J. Gosselin Rentals II LLC (MJGR)...
Untimely Lemon-Law Arbitration Appeals Are Jurisdictionally Barred and Cannot Be Recast as “Enforcement” Actions Introduction Remi Onopa v. FCA US LLC (Vt. Sup. Ct. Mar. 11, 2026) arises from...
Incapacity Does Not Trigger § 813 Disclosure Duties in Vermont Revocable Trusts; Probate Court Must Consider Amendment to Seek Trustee Removal Under § 706 Case: In re Trust of Marsha Milot (Jennifer...
No Civil-Division De Novo Appeal After Probate Adoption/TPR is Transferred and Consolidated into Family Division; § 3-504(b) Grounds Required After “Good Cause” I. Introduction In re K.P. and In re...
“Personally Served” in 15A V.S.A. § 3-403(a) Includes Service by Publication Under V.R.C.P. 4 When Due Diligence Is Shown Introduction In re O.R.G. (B. R., Appellant) (2026 VT 6) addresses a...
Town Authority to Maintain “Public Right-of-Way” Trails Despite 1986 Title 19 Recodification 1. Introduction In John Echeverria and Carin Pratt v. Town of Tunbridge, 2026 VT 5 (Feb. 20, 2026), the...
Civil Contempt in Vermont: No Willfulness Requirement, Clear-Order Enforcement, and No Collateral Attack on an Injunction Introduction In Chittenden Resorts, LLC dba Mountain Top Inn and Resorts et...
Unabated Parental Animosity and Interference as a “Real, Substantial, and Unanticipated” Change Justifying Modification of Parent-Child Contact (Without a Serious-Harm Finding Unless Contact Is...
Text Message “I Will Not Continue to Make Myself Available” as a Voluntary Quit; Single Customer-Caused Shift Cancellation Not “Good Cause” for Unemployment Benefits Introduction In Ellora Carr v....
Stagnation Can Be Found Despite Partial Case-Plan Compliance When Core Safety Conditions Remain Unresolved Introduction In In re N.M. and H.M., Juveniles (B.M., Mother*) (Vt. Feb. 6, 2026) (entry...