Code of Virginia
Chapter 12 - Adoption
§ 63.2-1239. Return of copies furnished to counsel

Any copy of the report required by § 63.2-1208 to be furnished to counsel of record representing the adopting parent or parents shall, upon the entry of a final order of adoption, or other final disposition of the matter, be returned by such counsel, without having been duplicated, to the clerk of the circuit court in which final disposition of the matter is had, to be disposed of as is required by § 63.2-1246 for the return of the original report.
Code 1950, § 63-350; 1968, c. 578, § 63.1-224; 1974, c. 26; 2000, c. 830, § 63.1-219.46; 2002, c. 747.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 63.2 - Welfare (Social Services)

Chapter 12 - Adoption

§ 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

§ 63.2-1201.1. Previously married persons who stood in loco parentis during the time of the marriage may adopt in the same manner as married persons

§ 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

§ 63.2-1210. Probationary period, interlocutory order and order of reference not required under certain circumstances

§ 63.2-1211. Revocation of interlocutory order

§ 63.2-1212. Visitations during probationary period and report

§ 63.2-1213. Final order of adoption

§ 63.2-1214. Annual review of pending petitions for adoption; duty of Commissioner and circuit court clerk

§ 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

§ 63.2-1222. Execution of entrustment agreement by birth parent(s); exceptions; notice and objection to entrustment; copy required to be furnished; requirement for agencies outside the Commonwealth

§ 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

§ 63.2-1228.1. Repealed

§ 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

§ 63.2-1240. Court issuing order deemed sending agency under Interstate Compact on Placement of Children

§ 63.2-1241. Adoption of child by spouse of birth or adoptive parent or other person with legitimate interest

§ 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

§ 63.2-1245. Separate order book, file and index of adoption cases; to whom available; permanent retention

§ 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

§ 63.2-1247. Disclosure to birth family; adoptive parents; medical, etc., information; exchange of information; open records in parental placement adoptions

§ 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

§ 63.2-1252. Search of registry

§ 63.2-1253. Duty to publicize registry