Vermont Child Custody Factors
Relationship of the child with each parent and the ability and disposition of each parent to provide the child with love, affection and guidance.
Ability and disposition of each parent to assure that the child receives adequate food, clothing, medical care, other material needs and a safe environment.
Ability and disposition of each parent to meet the child’s present and future developmental needs.
Quality of the child’s adjustment to the child’s present housing, school and community and the potential effect of any change.
Ability and disposition of each parent to foster a positive relationship and frequent and continuing contact with the other parent, including physical contact, except where contact will result in harm to the child or to a parent.
Quality of the child’s relationship with the primary care provider, if appropriate given the child’s age and development.
Relationship of the child with any other person who may significantly affect the child.
Ability and disposition of the parents to communicate, cooperate with each other and make joint decisions concerning the children where parental rights and responsibilities are to be shared or divided.
Evidence of abuse, and the impact of the abuse on the child and on the relationship between the child and the abusing parent.
The court shall not apply a preference for one parent over the other because of the sex of the child, the sex of a parent or the financial resources of a parent.d) The court may order a parent who is awarded responsibility for a certain matter involving a child’s welfare to inform the other parent when a major change in that matter occurs.
Vermont Statutes tit. 15 Sec. 665.
Fathers Rights Blog | Child Support State Law List .. Above info from a 2004 legal publication.
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