Co-parenting in Vermont, without the 10 p.m. scramble
The school email. The $120 receipt. The pickup you have to confirm again. Hand Civly any of it as it arrived and it lands on one calendar both houses read — and if you ever need the record for Family Division of Superior Court, where VT custody matters are heard, it's already there. You won't be building it at 10 p.m.
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Family Division of Superior Court
handles custody in VT
Vt. Stat. tit. 15, § 665
custody statute
Vermont custody law
Vermont courts use 'parental rights and responsibilities' and apply the best interests of the child standard for custody decisions.
What Vermont courts consider in custody decisions
Vermont uses 'parental rights and responsibilities' and considers factors under § 665(b) including the relationship of the child with each parent and the ability and disposition of each parent to provide the child with love, affection, and guidance, the ability and disposition of each parent to assure that the child receives adequate food, clothing, medical care, education, and other necessary care, the ability and disposition of each parent to meet the child's present and future developmental needs, the quality of the child's adjustment to present housing/school/community, the ability and disposition of each parent to foster the child's relationship with the other parent, the quality of the child's relationship with the primary caregiver, and the effect of any conflict between the parents on the child's well-being. Vermont does not consider the sex of the parent and specifically weighs which parent has been the child's primary caregiver.
How the custody process works in Vermont
Vermont custody cases are heard in the Family Division of Superior Court. Vermont encourages parents to reach agreements through mediation and the court may order alternative dispute resolution. If parents cannot agree, the court allocates 'parental rights and responsibilities' — which may be shared or primarily with one parent — after a hearing. The court may appoint a guardian ad litem to investigate and report on the child's best interests. Under § 668, an existing order may be modified upon a showing of a real, substantial, and unanticipated change of circumstances.
Key Vermont custody statutes
- Vt. Stat. tit. 15, § 665
- Vt. Stat. tit. 15, § 664
- Vt. Stat. tit. 15, § 668
How Civly helps Vermont parents
One week, both houses, one version
Paste the school email or a calendar link and the events build themselves. Color-coded custody schedule from your own parenting plan. Share a read-only link with grandparents, attorneys, or mediators.
Say it how it comes out. Send the calm version.
Type or speak what you really feel — Civly writes the calm version — the one you would not cringe at if it were read back later. Your vent stays private and never enters an export. What you send is what gets kept.
Snap the receipt, skip the math
Snap a receipt or forward an email. AI extracts the amount. Your co-parent approves or disputes. Everything documented, timestamped, and exportable for your attorney.
Records your attorney can work with
Every message is timestamped, and exports as a certified PDF with a SHA-256 hash and a code anyone can check at civly.com/verify. How to present it in Vermont's Family Division of Superior Court system is your attorney's call, and whether a record is admitted is always the court's decision.
Pricing comparison
Civly
$79/year
or $7.99/month
- AI message rewriting
- Custody calendar
- Expense tracking
- Timestamped PDF exports
- Certified exports with verification codes
OurFamilyWizard Essentials
$149.99/year
Their cheapest tier that includes Writing Assistant. Cheaper OFW tiers exist without it. Per parent, list price August 2026.
Frequently asked questions
You don't need their agreement to start
Set up the calendar, log what's owed, draft the message you have to send tonight. Invite them when you're ready — the shared parts switch on the day they join.
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Civly is not a law firm and this page is not legal advice. Custody law and the rules of evidence vary from state to state, and individual judges apply them differently. For advice about your own case, speak to a family law attorney licensed in Vermont. Civly launched in 2026 and is not named in many court orders yet — if your order already requires a specific platform, keep using it and ask your attorney before switching.