Chapter 12 - Adoption (63.2-1200 thru 63.2-1253) - Virginia Statutes

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63.2-1200 - Who may place children for adoption.
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 - Violent sex 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 and from foreign countries.
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 - , 63.2-1228.2
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.
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 new spouse of birth or adoptive parent.
63.2-1242 - Investigation and report at discretion of circuit court.
63.2-1242.1 - Close relative adoption.
63.2-1242.2 - Close relative adoption; child in home less than three years.
63.2-1242.3 - Close relative placement; child in home for three 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.
63.2-1247 - 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.

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Statutes > Virginia > Title-63-2 > Chapter-12

63.2-1200 - Who may place children for adoption.
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 - Violent sex 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 and from foreign countries.
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 - , 63.2-1228.2
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.
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 new spouse of birth or adoptive parent.
63.2-1242 - Investigation and report at discretion of circuit court.
63.2-1242.1 - Close relative adoption.
63.2-1242.2 - Close relative adoption; child in home less than three years.
63.2-1242.3 - Close relative placement; child in home for three 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.
63.2-1247 - 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.

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63.2-1200 - Who may place children for adoption.
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 - Violent sex 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 and from foreign countries.
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 - , 63.2-1228.2
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.
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 new spouse of birth or adoptive parent.
63.2-1242 - Investigation and report at discretion of circuit court.
63.2-1242.1 - Close relative adoption.
63.2-1242.2 - Close relative adoption; child in home less than three years.
63.2-1242.3 - Close relative placement; child in home for three 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.
63.2-1247 - 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.