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§ 63.2-1200. Who may place children for adoption - A child may be placed for adoption by: 1. A...
§ 63.2-1200.1. Recognition of foreign adoption; issuance of birth certificates - A. Any adoption of a child who was born in...
§ 63.2-1201. Filing of petition for adoption; venue; jurisdiction; and proceedings - Proceedings for the adoption of a minor child and for...
§ 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 - A. A man and woman previously married to each other...
§ 63.2-1202. Parental, or agency, consent required; exceptions - A. No petition for adoption shall be granted, except as...
§ 63.2-1203. When consent is withheld or unobtainable - A. If, after consideration of the evidence, the circuit court...
§ 63.2-1204. When consent is revocable; fraud or duress; mutual consent - Parental consent to an adoption or an entrustment agreement not...
§ 63.2-1205. Best interests of the child; standards for determining - In determining whether the valid consent of any person whose...
§ 63.2-1205.1. Certain offenders prohibited from adopting a child - No petition for adoption shall be granted if the person...
§ 63.2-1206. No parental presumption after revocation period expires - If, after the expiration of the appropriate revocation period provided...
§ 63.2-1207. Removal of child from adoptive home - When a child is placed in an adoptive home pursuant...
§ 63.2-1208. Investigations; report to circuit court - A. Upon consideration of the petition, the circuit court shall,...
§ 63.2-1209. Entry of interlocutory order - If, in the case of a direct parental placement adoption...
§ 63.2-1210. Probationary period, interlocutory order and order of reference not required under certain circumstances - The circuit court may omit the probationary period and the...
§ 63.2-1211. Revocation of interlocutory order - The circuit court may, by order entered of record, revoke...
§ 63.2-1212. Visitations during probationary period and report - A. Except as hereinafter provided, after the entry of an...
§ 63.2-1213. Final order of adoption - After consideration of the report made pursuant to § 63.2-1212...
§ 63.2-1214. Annual review of pending petitions for adoption; duty of Commissioner and circuit court clerk - After the expiration of twelve months from the date of...
§ 63.2-1215. Legal effects of adoption - The birth parents, and the parents by previous adoption, if...
§ 63.2-1216. Final order not subject to attack after six months - After the expiration of six months from the date of...
§ 63.2-1217. Provision of false information; penalty - Any person who knowingly and intentionally provides false information in...
§ 63.2-1218. Certain exchange of property, advertisement, solicitation prohibited; penalty - No person or child-placing agency shall charge, pay, give, or...
§ 63.2-1219. Suspected violation of property exchange information - If the juvenile and domestic relations or circuit court or...
§ 63.2-1220. Issuance of birth certificates for children adopted in the Commonwealth - For the purpose of securing a new birth certificate for...
§ 63.2-1220.01. Foreign adoptions; establishment of date of birth - A circuit court may, as part of a proceeding for...
§ 63.2-1220.1. Establishment of minimum training requirements - The Department shall, pursuant to Board regulations, establish minimum training...
§ 63.2-1220.2. Authority to enter into post-adoption contact and communication agreements - A. In any proceeding for adoption pursuant to this chapter,...
§ 63.2-1220.3. Approval of post-adoption contact and communication agreements - A. The circuit court may approve a post-adoption contact and...
§ 63.2-1220.4. Jurisdiction to approve post-adoption contact and communication agreements - A. Unless otherwise stated in the final order of adoption,...
§ 63.2-1221. Placement of children for adoption by agency or local board - A licensed child-placing agency or local board may place for...
§ 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 - A. For the purposes of this section, a birth parent...
§ 63.2-1223. Revocation of entrustment agreement - A valid entrustment agreement terminating all parental rights and responsibilities...
§ 63.2-1224. Explanation of process, legal effects of adoption required - Prior to the placement of a child for adoption, the...
§ 63.2-1225. Determination of appropriate home - A. In determining the appropriate home in which to place...
§ 63.2-1226. When birth parents recommend adoptive parents - When a licensed child-placing agency or a local board is...
§ 63.2-1227. Filing of petition for agency adoption - A petition for the adoption of a child placed in...
§ 63.2-1228. Forwarding of petition - Upon the filing of the petition, the circuit court shall,...
§ 63.2-1228.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2010, c. 331, cl. 2.
§ 63.2-1229. Foster parent adoption - When a foster parent who has a child placed in...
§ 63.2-1230. Placement of children by parent or guardian - The birth parent, legal guardian, or adoptive parent of a...
§ 63.2-1231. Home study; meeting required; exception - A. Prior to the consent hearing in the juvenile and...
§ 63.2-1232. Requirements of a parental placement adoption; exception - A. The juvenile and domestic relations district court shall not...
§ 63.2-1233. Consent to be executed in juvenile and domestic relations district court; exceptions - When the juvenile and domestic relations district court is satisfied...
§ 63.2-1234. When consent is revocable - Consent shall be revocable as follows: 1. By either consenting...
§ 63.2-1235. Adoptive home not in child's best interests - If the juvenile and domestic relations district court determines from...
§ 63.2-1236. Duty of Department to disseminate information - The Department shall develop and disseminate information to the public...
§ 63.2-1237. Petition for parental placement adoption; jurisdiction; contents - Proceedings for the parental placement adoption of a minor child...
§ 63.2-1238. Forwarding of petition; when investigation and report not required - A. Upon the filing of the petition, the circuit court...
§ 63.2-1239. Return of copies furnished to counsel - Any copy of the report required by § 63.2-1208 to...
§ 63.2-1240. Court issuing order deemed sending agency under Interstate Compact on Placement of Children - When a petitioner moves outside the Commonwealth after the entry...
§ 63.2-1241. Adoption of child by spouse of birth or adoptive parent or other person with legitimate interest - A. In cases in which the spouse of a birth...
§ 63.2-1242. Investigation and report at discretion of circuit court - For adoptions under this article, an investigation and report shall...
§ 63.2-1242.1. Relative adoption - A. For the purposes of this chapter, a "close relative...
§ 63.2-1242.2. Close relative adoption; child in home less than two years - A. When the child has continuously resided in the home...
§ 63.2-1242.3. Close relative placement; child in home for two years or more - When the child has continuously resided in the home or...
§ 63.2-1243. Adoption of certain persons eighteen years of age or over - A petition may be filed in circuit court by any...
§ 63.2-1244. Investigation and report at discretion of circuit court; exception - For adoptions under this article, an investigation and report shall...
§ 63.2-1245. Separate order book, file and index of adoption cases; to whom available; permanent retention - Each circuit court clerk shall establish and maintain a separate...
§ 63.2-1246. Disposition of reports; disclosure of information as to identity of birth family - Upon the entry of a final order of adoption, the...
§ 63.2-1246.1. Commissioner authority to store, preserve, and certify adoption files - Upon receipt of all orders from the clerk of the...
§ 63.2-1247. Disclosure to birth family; adoptive parents; medical, etc., information; exchange of information; open records in parental placement adoptions - A. Where the adoption is finalized on or after July...
§ 63.2-1248. Fees for home studies, investigations, visitations and reports - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 17.1-275, the circuit court with...
§ 63.2-1249. Establishment of Registry - A. A Virginia Birth Father Registry is hereby established in...
§ 63.2-1250. Registration; notice; form - A. Any man who has engaged in sexual intercourse with...
§ 63.2-1251. Furnishing information; confidentiality; penalty - A. The Department is not required to locate the mother...
§ 63.2-1252. Search of registry - A. If no father-child relationship has been established pursuant to...
§ 63.2-1253. Duty to publicize registry - A. The Department shall produce and distribute a pamphlet or...