§ 1231 - Definition - Vermont Statutes

§ 1231. Definition

"Displaced homemaker" means a person who:

(1) has worked in the home for a substantial number of years providing unpaid household services for family members; and

(2) has or is expected to have difficulty becoming gainfully employed outside the home, or is not gainfully employed or is under-employed; and

(3) has been dependent on the income of another family member and is no longer receiving that income; or has been dependent on government assistance and is no longer eligible for that assistance; or is receiving payments from a spouse or public agency for the care of minor children and the minor children are within two years of reaching majority. (Added 1991, No. 44, § 1.)