§ 311 - Jurisdiction generally
§ 311. Jurisdiction generally
The probate court shall have jurisdiction of the probate of wills, the settlement of estates, the administration of trusts created by will pursuant to Title 14A, trusts of absent person's estates, charitable, cemetery and philanthropic trusts, irrevocable trusts created by inter vivos agreements solely for the purpose of removal and replacement of trustees pursuant to subsection 2314(c) of Title 14, the appointment of guardians, and of the powers, duties and rights of guardians and wards, proceedings concerning chapter 231 of Title 18, accountings of attorneys in fact where no guardian has been appointed and the agent has reason to believe the principal is incompetent, relinquishment for adoption, adoptions, uniform gifts to minors, changes of name, issuance of new birth certificates, amendment of birth certificates, correction or amendment of civil marriage certificates, correction or amendment of death certificates, emergency waiver of premarital medical certificates, proceedings relating to cemetery lots, trusts relating to community mausoleums or columbariums, civil actions brought under subchapter 3 of chapter 107 of Title 18 relating to disposition of remains, proceedings relating to the conveyance of a homestead interest of a spouse under a legal disability, the issuance of declaratory judgments, issuance of certificates of public good authorizing the civil marriage of persons under 16 years of age, appointment of administrators to discharge mortgages held by deceased mortgagees, appointment of trustees for persons confined under sentences of imprisonment, fixation of compensation and expenses of boards of arbitrators of death taxes of Vermont domiciliaries, and as otherwise provided by law. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2001, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 13, 2002; 2003, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 6, 2004; 2005, No. 55, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2005; 2007, No. 56, § 2; 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009; No. 20, § 3.)