ARTICLE 1. General Provisions  


SECTION 63.2-1200. Who may place children for adoption
SECTION 63.2-1200.1. Recognition of foreign adoption; issuance of birth certificates
SECTION 63.2-1201. Filing of petition for adoption; venue; jurisdiction; and proceedings
SECTION 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
SECTION 63.2-1202. Parental, or agency, consent required; exceptions
SECTION 63.2-1203. When consent is withheld or unobtainable
SECTION 63.2-1204. When consent is revocable; fraud or duress; mutual consent
SECTION 63.2-1205. Best interests of the child; standards for determining
SECTION 63.2-1205.1. Certain offenders prohibited from adopting a child
SECTION 63.2-1206. No parental presumption after revocation period expires
SECTION 63.2-1207. Removal of child from adoptive home
SECTION 63.2-1208. Investigations; report to circuit court
SECTION 63.2-1209. Entry of interlocutory order
SECTION 63.2-1210. Probationary period, interlocutory order and order of reference not required under certain circumstances
SECTION 63.2-1211. Revocation of interlocutory order
SECTION 63.2-1212. Visitations during probationary period and report
SECTION 63.2-1213. Final order of adoption
SECTION 63.2-1214. Annual review of pending petitions for adoption; duty of Commissioner and circuit court clerk
SECTION 63.2-1215. Legal effects of adoption
SECTION 63.2-1216. Final order not subject to attack after six months
SECTION 63.2-1217. Provision of false information; penalty
SECTION 63.2-1218. Certain exchange of property, advertisement, solicitation prohibited; penalty
SECTION 63.2-1219. Suspected violation of property exchange information
SECTION 63.2-1220. Issuance of birth certificates for children adopted in the Commonwealth
SECTION 63.2-1220.01. Foreign adoptions; establishment of date of birth
SECTION 63.2-1220.1. Establishment of minimum training requirements