The circuit courts and juvenile and domestic relations district courts shall have the authority to grant visitation rights to the natural parents, siblings, and grandparents of any child entrusted or committed to foster care if the court finds (i) that the parent, sibling, or grandparent had an ongoing relationship with the child prior to his being placed in foster care and (ii) it is in the best interests of the child that the relationship continue. The order of the court committing the child to foster care shall state the nature and extent of any visitation rights granted as provided in this section.
1985, c. 583, § 63.1-204.1; 2002, c. 747; 2008, c. 188.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 63.2 - Welfare (Social Services)
§ 63.2-900.1. Kinship foster care
§ 63.2-900.2. Placement of sibling groups; visitation
§ 63.2-900.3. School placement of children in foster care
§ 63.2-901. Supervision of placement of children in homes
§ 63.2-901.1. Criminal history and central registry check for placements of children
§ 63.2-902. Agreements with persons taking children; dispute resolution; appeals
§ 63.2-903. Entrustment agreements; adoption
§ 63.2-904.1. Intervention by Commissioner; corrective action plans; assumption of temporary control
§ 63.2-904.2. Complaint system
§ 63.2-905. Foster care services
§ 63.2-905.1. Independent living services
§ 63.2-905.2. Security freezes and annual credit checks for children in foster care
§ 63.2-905.3. Documents provided to foster care youth
§ 63.2-905.5. Survey of children aging out of foster care
§ 63.2-906. Foster care plans; permissible plan goals; court review of foster children
§ 63.2-906.1. Qualified residential treatment programs
§ 63.2-907. Administrative review of children in foster care
§ 63.2-908. Permanent foster care placement
§ 63.2-909. Child support for child placed in foster care by court
§ 63.2-910.1. Acceptance of children by local departments of social services
§ 63.2-910.2. Petition to terminate parental rights
§ 63.2-911. Liability insurance for foster parents
§ 63.2-912. Visitation of child placed in foster care
§ 63.2-913. Establishment of minimum training requirements
§ 63.2-913.1. Caseload standard
§ 63.2-915. Appeals to Commissioner
§ 63.2-916. Notice of developmental disabilities
§ 63.2-917. Fostering Futures program; established
§ 63.2-919. Fostering Futures program; eligibility
§ 63.2-920. Continuing services and support
§ 63.2-922. Termination of voluntary continuing services and support agreement; notice; appeal