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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>375301</law_id><section_number>63.2-1214</section_number><catch_line>Annual review of pending petitions for adoption; duty of Commissioner and circuit court clerk</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="135" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Social Services Programs</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="12">Adoption</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>After the expiration of twelve months from the date of the entry of the last order upon a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> for adoption, except when the last order entered is a <span class="dictionary">final order</span> of adoption, it shall be the responsibility of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> to notify the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of all adoption cases that have been pending for a period of more than twelve months, and the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall place on the <span class="dictionary">docket</span> all such cases for review by the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> as soon as practicable.</p></section></text><history>1976, c. 353, &#xA7; 63.1-230.1; 2000, c. 830, &#xA7; 63.1-219.21; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Bonanno v. Quinn</name><case_number>200963</case_number><citation></citation><date>2021-05-27</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4886804/bonanno-v-quinn/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PRESENT: All the Justices .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
