§ 8712 - Findings; order - Vermont Statutes

§ 8712. Findings; order

(a) The court shall prepare written findings of fact and state separately its conclusions of law in all cases.

(b) If upon completion of the hearing and consideration of the record the court finds that the mentally retarded person is competent to give informed consent and no such consent has been given, no sterilization may be ordered.

(c) If upon completion of the hearing and consideration of the record the court finds that the person is incompetent to consent and that the sterilization is in the best interests of the person, it shall order that an involuntary sterilization may be performed. (Added 1981, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)