§ 110 - Fee for services
§ 1-110. Notice of intent to retain parental rights
(a) At any time, a parent or alleged parent of a child born in this state may file in any probate court in this state a notice of intent to retain parental rights. The notice shall specify the name and address of the person filing it, the name and last known address of the other parent of the minor, the name of the minor, if known, and the date or approximate date of the minor's date of birth.
(b) Each probate court shall forward a notice filed with that court under subsection (a) of this section, to the probate court in the district of Chittenden, which shall serve as a central repository for all such notices.
(c) When a petition to adopt a minor is filed in this state, the register of the probate court in which it is filed shall determine as of the date of the petition whether or not a notice has been filed under this section with respect to the minor to be adopted. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)