Parental Rights in Vermont


Vermont Parental Rights News

By ParentalRights.org February 14, 2018
“Innocent until proven guilty” is a cherished principle of our justice system here in America. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always seem to apply to parents like you or me, as Tennessee mom Tori Harper recently learned the hard way. She Reached Out to a System Designed to Help Children, and Suddenly Found Herself Its Victim According… The post Losing the Children She Tried to Protect appeared first on Parental Rights.

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Vermont State Law

At Risk


Vermont does not have a state statute that explicitly defines and protects parental rights as fundamental rights.

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Vermont Courts

Affirmed, but Strict Scrutiny Not Clearly Established


Vermont courts have a history of recognizing fundamental parental rights but the standard of review may be a subject of confusion.

See for instance Glidden v. Conley, 175 Vt. 111, 115 (Vt. 2003), and Camburn v. Smith, 586 S.E.2d 656 (2003).