Vermont Statutes Title 33. Human Services, § 5319. Parent-child contact and contact with siblings and relatives

(a) The court shall order parent-child contact unless the court finds that it is necessary to deny parent-child contact because the protection of the physical safety or emotional well-being of the child so requires. Except for good cause shown, the order shall be consistent with any existing parent-child contact order.

(b) The court may determine the reasonable frequency and duration of parent-child contact and may set such conditions for parent-child contact as are in the child's best interests, including whether parent-child contact should be unsupervised or supervised. The court may allocate the costs of supervised visitation.

(c) Parent-child contact may be modified by stipulation or upon motion of a party or upon the court's own motion pursuant to section 5113 of this title.

(d) The court may terminate a parent-child contact order in a juvenile proceeding upon a finding that:

(e) Upon motion of the child's attorney, the court may also order contact between the child and the child's siblings, an adult relative with whom the child has a significant relationship, or an adult friend with whom the child has a significant relationship.

(f) Failure to provide parent-child contact due to the child's illness or other good cause shall not constitute grounds for a contempt or enforcement proceeding against the Department.