Rule 7 – Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions

by | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Vermont

(a)Pleadings. There shall be a complaint and an answer; a disclosure under oath, if trustee process is used; a reply to a counterclaim denominated as such; an answer to a cross-claim, if the answer contains a cross-claim; a third-party complaint, if a person who was...

Rule 6 – Time

by | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Vermont

(a)Computing Time. The following rules apply in computing any time period specified in these rules, in any court order, or in any applicable statute that does not specify a method of computing time. (1)Period Stated in Days or a Lonser Unit. When the period is stated...

Rule 4.3 – Arrest

by | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Vermont

The writs of capias ad respondendum and ne exeat and all other forms of civil arrest before final judgment, except upon process for contempt of court or for failure to obey a subpoena as provided by law, are hereby abolished. V.R.C.P. 4.3

Rule 4.2 – Trustee Process

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(a)Availability of Trustee Process. In any personal action in which an attachment would be available under Rule 4.1(a), trustee process may be used, in the manner and to the extent provided by law and by this rule, to attach goods, effects, or credits of the defendant...

Rule 4.1 – Attachment

by | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Vermont

(a)Availability of Attachment. In any action under these rules (except an action for malicious prosecution, libel, or slander), real estate, goods and chattels, and other property may, in the manner and to the extent provided by law and by this rule, be attached and...