(a) Form of Opinions.(1) All opinions issued by the Supreme Court on or after January 1, 2003, will be sequentially numbered within the year of issuance, beginning with the number "1". (2) Within each opinion, each paragraph will be numbered, beginning with the number "1". (3) Any official or unofficial publication of an opinion issued after January 1, 2003, must include the sequential number of the opinion in the caption of the opinion and the paragraph numbers in the body of the text. (b) Citation of Vermont Opinions.(1) The citation of any Vermont Supreme Court opinion issued on or after January 1, 2003, must, immediately after the title of the case: (A) indicate the year of issuance in four digits followed by the abbreviation "VT"; (B) include the sequential opinion number; and (C) be followed by citations to the official and unofficial print reporters. (2) Pinpoint citations may be made only by reference to the paragraph numbers in the body of the text. Citations must be made in the following style: State v. Velez, 2003 VT 1, Para. 2, 175 Vt. 23, 819 A.2d 712. (c) Citation of Other Opinions. An opinion of any other court that has been published with sequential and paragraph numbering similar to that required by Rule 28.2(a) must be cited in a form similar to that provided in Rule 28.2(b). (d) Citation of Unpublished Judicial Dispositions Permitted.(1) A party may cite any unpublished judicial opinion, order, judgment, or other written disposition notwithstanding that it may have been designated as "unpublished," "not precedent," or the like. (2) If a party cites an unpublished judicial opinion, order, judgment, or other written disposition, the party must file and serve a copy of that document with the brief or other paper in which it is cited. Adopted Nov. 27, 2001, eff. 1/1/2003; amended Feb. 5, 2008, eff. 4/7/2008; 6/11/2013, eff. 9/3/2013.