Virginia

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1200. Who may place children for adoption.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1200.1. Recognition of foreign adoption; issuance of birth certificates.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1201. Filing of petition for adoption; venue; jurisdiction; and proceedings.

Code of Virginia § 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.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1202. Parental, or agency, consent required; exceptions.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1203. When consent is withheld or unobtainable.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1204. When consent is revocable; fraud or duress; mutual consent.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1205. Best interests of the child; standards for determining.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1205.1. Certain offenders prohibited from adopting a child.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1206. No parental presumption after revocation period expires.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1207. Removal of child from adoptive home.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1208. Investigations; report to circuit court.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1209. Entry of interlocutory order.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1210. Probationary period, interlocutory order and order of reference not required under certain circumstances.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1211. Revocation of interlocutory order.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1212. Visitations during probationary period and report.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1213. Final order of adoption.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1214. Annual review of pending petitions for adoption; duty of Commissioner and circuit court clerk.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1215. Legal effects of adoption.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1216. Final order not subject to attack after six months.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1217. Provision of false information; penalty.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1218. Certain exchange of property, advertisement, solicitation prohibited; penalty.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1219. Suspected violation of property exchange information.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1220. Issuance of birth certificates for children adopted in the Commonwealth.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1220.1. Establishment of minimum training requirements.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1220.01. Foreign adoptions; establishment of date of birth.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1220.2. Authority to enter into post-adoption contact and communication agreements.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1220.3. Approval of post-adoption contact and communication agreements.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1220.4. Jurisdiction to approve post-adoption contact and communication agreements.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1221. Placement of children for adoption by agency or local board.

Code of Virginia § 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.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1223. Revocation of entrustment agreement.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1224. Explanation of process, legal effects of adoption required.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1225. Determination of appropriate home.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1226. When birth parents recommend adoptive parents.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1227. Filing of petition for agency adoption.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1228. Forwarding of petition.

Code of Virginia §§ 63.2-1228.1, 63.2-1228.2. Repealed.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1229. Foster parent adoption.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1230. Placement of children by parent or guardian.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1231. Home study; meeting required; exception.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1232. Requirements of a parental placement adoption; exception.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1233. Consent to be executed in juvenile and domestic relations district court; exceptions.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1234. When consent is revocable.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1235. Adoptive home not in child's best interests.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1236. Duty of Department to disseminate information.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1237. Petition for parental placement adoption; jurisdiction; contents.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1238. Forwarding of petition; when investigation and report not required.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1239. Return of copies furnished to counsel.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1240. Court issuing order deemed sending agency under Interstate Compact on Placement of Children.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1241. Adoption of child by spouse of birth or adoptive parent or other person with legitimate interest.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1242. Investigation and report at discretion of circuit court.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1242.1. Relative adoption.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1242.2. Close relative adoption; child in home less than two years.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1242.3. Close relative placement; child in home for two years or more.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1243. Adoption of certain persons eighteen years of age or over.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1244. Investigation and report at discretion of circuit court; exception.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1245. Separate order book, file and index of adoption cases; to whom available; permanent retention.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1246. Disposition of reports; disclosure of information as to identity of birth family.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1246.1. Commissioner authority to store, preserve, and certify adoption files.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1247. Disclosure to birth family; adoptive parents; medical, etc., information; exchange of information; open records in parental placement adoptions.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1248. Fees for home studies, investigations, visitations and reports.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1249. Establishment of Registry.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1250. Registration; notice; form.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1251. Furnishing information; confidentiality; penalty.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1252. Search of registry.

Code of Virginia § 63.2-1253. Duty to publicize registry.