A valid entrustment agreement terminating all parental rights and responsibilities to the child shall be revocable by either of the birth parents until (i) the child has reached the age of 10 days and (ii) seven days have elapsed from the date of execution of the agreement. In addition, a valid entrustment agreement shall be revocable by either of the birth parents if the child has not been placed in the physical custody of the prospective adoptive parents at the time of such revocation. Revocation of an entrustment agreement shall be in writing and signed by the revoking party. The written revocation shall be delivered to the child-placing agency or local board to which the child was originally entrusted. Delivery of the written revocation shall be made during the business day of the child-placing agency or local board to which the child was originally entrusted, in accordance with the applicable time period set out in this section. If the revocation period expires on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or any day on which the agency or local board is officially closed, the revocation period shall be extended to the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or other day on which the agency or local board is officially closed. Upon revocation of the entrustment agreement, the child shall be returned to the parent revoking the agreement.
1989, c. 647, § 63.1-220.2; 1990, c. 202; 1991, c. 364; 1995, cc. 772, 826; 1999, c. 1028; 2000, c. 830, § 63.1-219.30; 2002, c. 747; 2006, cc. 825, 848; 2007, cc. 606, 623.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 63.2 - Welfare (Social Services)
§ 63.2-1200. Who may place children for adoption
§ 63.2-1200.1. Recognition of foreign adoption; issuance of birth certificates
§ 63.2-1201. Filing of petition for adoption; venue; jurisdiction; and proceedings
§ 63.2-1202. Parental, or agency, consent required; exceptions
§ 63.2-1203. When consent is withheld or unobtainable
§ 63.2-1204. When consent is revocable; fraud or duress; mutual consent
§ 63.2-1205. Best interests of the child; standards for determining
§ 63.2-1205.1. Certain offenders prohibited from adopting a child
§ 63.2-1206. No parental presumption after revocation period expires
§ 63.2-1207. Removal of child from adoptive home
§ 63.2-1208. Investigations; report to circuit court
§ 63.2-1209. Entry of interlocutory order
§ 63.2-1211. Revocation of interlocutory order
§ 63.2-1212. Visitations during probationary period and report
§ 63.2-1213. Final order of adoption
§ 63.2-1215. Legal effects of adoption
§ 63.2-1216. Final order not subject to attack after six months
§ 63.2-1217. Provision of false information; penalty
§ 63.2-1218. Certain exchange of property, advertisement, solicitation prohibited; penalty
§ 63.2-1219. Suspected violation of property exchange information
§ 63.2-1220. Issuance of birth certificates for children adopted in the Commonwealth
§ 63.2-1220.01. Foreign adoptions; establishment of date of birth
§ 63.2-1220.1. Establishment of minimum training requirements
§ 63.2-1220.2. Authority to enter into post-adoption contact and communication agreements
§ 63.2-1220.3. Approval of post-adoption contact and communication agreements
§ 63.2-1220.4. Jurisdiction to approve post-adoption contact and communication agreements
§ 63.2-1221. Placement of children for adoption by agency or local board
§ 63.2-1223. Revocation of entrustment agreement
§ 63.2-1224. Explanation of process, legal effects of adoption required
§ 63.2-1225. Determination of appropriate home
§ 63.2-1226. When birth parents recommend adoptive parents
§ 63.2-1227. Filing of petition for agency adoption
§ 63.2-1228. Forwarding of petition
§ 63.2-1229. Foster parent adoption
§ 63.2-1230. Placement of children by parent or guardian
§ 63.2-1231. Home study; meeting required; exception
§ 63.2-1232. Requirements of a parental placement adoption; exception
§ 63.2-1233. Consent to be executed in juvenile and domestic relations district court; exceptions
§ 63.2-1234. When consent is revocable
§ 63.2-1235. Adoptive home not in child's best interests
§ 63.2-1236. Duty of Department to disseminate information
§ 63.2-1237. Petition for parental placement adoption; jurisdiction; contents
§ 63.2-1238. Forwarding of petition; when investigation and report not required
§ 63.2-1239. Return of copies furnished to counsel
§ 63.2-1242. Investigation and report at discretion of circuit court
§ 63.2-1242.1. Relative adoption
§ 63.2-1242.2. Close relative adoption; child in home less than two years
§ 63.2-1242.3. Close relative placement; child in home for two years or more
§ 63.2-1243. Adoption of certain persons eighteen years of age or over
§ 63.2-1244. Investigation and report at discretion of circuit court; exception
§ 63.2-1246. Disposition of reports; disclosure of information as to identity of birth family
§ 63.2-1246.1. Commissioner authority to store, preserve, and certify adoption files
§ 63.2-1248. Fees for home studies, investigations, visitations and reports
§ 63.2-1249. Establishment of Registry
§ 63.2-1250. Registration; notice; form
§ 63.2-1251. Furnishing information; confidentiality; penalty