§ 20-49.2. Commencement of action; parties; jurisdiction.
Proceedings under this chapter may be instituted upon petition, verified byoath or affirmation, filed by a child, a parent, a person claiming parentage,a person standing in loco parentis to the child or having legal custody ofthe child or a representative of the Department of Social Services or theDepartment of Juvenile Justice.
The child may be made a party to the action, and if he is a minor and is madea party, he shall be represented by a guardian ad litem appointed by thecourt in accordance with the procedures specified in § 16.1-266 or § 8.01-9.The child's mother or father may not represent the child as guardian orotherwise. The determination of the court under the provisions of thischapter shall not be binding on any person who is not a party.
The circuit courts shall have concurrent original jurisdiction of casesarising under this chapter with the juvenile and domestic relations districtcourts when the parentage of a child is at issue in any matter otherwisebefore the circuit court. The determination of parentage, when raised in anyproceeding, shall be governed by this chapter.
(1988, cc. 866, 878; 1989, c. 368; 2008, cc. 164, 201.)
§ 20-49.2. Commencement of action; parties; jurisdiction.
Proceedings under this chapter may be instituted upon petition, verified byoath or affirmation, filed by a child, a parent, a person claiming parentage,a person standing in loco parentis to the child or having legal custody ofthe child or a representative of the Department of Social Services or theDepartment of Juvenile Justice.
The child may be made a party to the action, and if he is a minor and is madea party, he shall be represented by a guardian ad litem appointed by thecourt in accordance with the procedures specified in § 16.1-266 or § 8.01-9.The child's mother or father may not represent the child as guardian orotherwise. The determination of the court under the provisions of thischapter shall not be binding on any person who is not a party.
The circuit courts shall have concurrent original jurisdiction of casesarising under this chapter with the juvenile and domestic relations districtcourts when the parentage of a child is at issue in any matter otherwisebefore the circuit court. The determination of parentage, when raised in anyproceeding, shall be governed by this chapter.
(1988, cc. 866, 878; 1989, c. 368; 2008, cc. 164, 201.)
§ 20-49.2. Commencement of action; parties; jurisdiction.
Proceedings under this chapter may be instituted upon petition, verified byoath or affirmation, filed by a child, a parent, a person claiming parentage,a person standing in loco parentis to the child or having legal custody ofthe child or a representative of the Department of Social Services or theDepartment of Juvenile Justice.
The child may be made a party to the action, and if he is a minor and is madea party, he shall be represented by a guardian ad litem appointed by thecourt in accordance with the procedures specified in § 16.1-266 or § 8.01-9.The child's mother or father may not represent the child as guardian orotherwise. The determination of the court under the provisions of thischapter shall not be binding on any person who is not a party.
The circuit courts shall have concurrent original jurisdiction of casesarising under this chapter with the juvenile and domestic relations districtcourts when the parentage of a child is at issue in any matter otherwisebefore the circuit court. The determination of parentage, when raised in anyproceeding, shall be governed by this chapter.
(1988, cc. 866, 878; 1989, c. 368; 2008, cc. 164, 201.)
