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Committee considers adding vulnerable-adult cases to hybrid hearings under Family Rule 17(f); advocacy group asked to include financial-exploitation proceedings
Summary
Judge Carrie Ann McDonald, chair of the Advisory Committee on Family Rules, presented a proposed amendment to Family Rule 17(f) to explicitly allow hybrid relief-from-abuse hearings when a vulnerable adult is involved.
Judge Carrie Ann McDonald, chair of the Advisory Committee on Family Rules and presiding judge in the Bennington family division, presented a proposed amendment to Family Rule 17(f) to clarify that relief-from-abuse (order-protection) dockets may proceed in hybrid form when a vulnerable adult is involved.
Judge McDonald said the rule change recognizes existing practice that permits in-person, remote, or mixed participation by litigants, attorneys…
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