Your experience matters
Your story can help shape better law.
Personal experiences help Vermont lawmakers understand how family law and court practices affect children and families in real life. You do not need legal language or every detail—share only what feels comfortable.
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Why stories matter
Help lawmakers see the human impact.
Research and legal analysis can identify systemic problems. Personal experiences show how those problems affect children, parents, grandparents, siblings, and extended families across Vermont.
Relationships
How a child’s connection with a safe and capable parent—or with grandparents, siblings, and extended family—was affected.
Everyday conflict
Whether ordinary disagreement was treated as a reason to reduce a parent’s involvement or created recurring uncertainty.
Practical guidance
Whether an order offered enough clarity to prevent repeated conflict and help families move forward.
What worked
What served children and families well, what should be preserved, and what lawmakers should understand when considering reform.
What we are especially interested in understanding
- How a child’s relationship with a safe and capable parent was affected.
- How separation, parental death, or a court decision affected grandparents, siblings, or extended family.
- Whether ordinary disagreement was treated as a reason to reduce a parent’s involvement.
- Whether an order provided enough practical guidance to prevent recurring conflict.
- What worked well and should be preserved.
- What you believe lawmakers should understand when considering reform.
What happens after you submit?
Your submission is reviewed by Vermont Kids Connected. Stories may help identify recurring issues, inform reform proposals, and help lawmakers understand how current law affects Vermont children and families.
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We will follow the option you select and will not publish your name or identify you without separate permission.
Please note: Vermont Kids Connected is an advocacy organization, not a legal service. Submitting this form does not create an attorney-client relationship or provide advice about an individual case.
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You can sign the petition, explore the proposed reforms, or find another way to get involved.