Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
TITLE 63.2. Welfare (Social Services) |
SUBTITLE III. Social Services Programs |
CHAPTER 12. Adoption |
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 |