General Provisions

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Chapter 12 “Adoption”, which is part of Subtitle III “Social Services Programs”, which is part of Title 63.2 “Welfare (Social Services)”. It contains 26 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 26 sections.

§ 63.2-1200	Who may place children for adoption
§ 63.2-1200.1	Recognition of foreign adoption; issuance of birth certificates
§ 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	Certain 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
§ 63.2-1220.01	Foreign adoptions; establishment of date of birth
§ 63.2-1220.1	Establishment of minimum training requirements