# Chapter 12 Adoption

This chapter contains the following:

- Article 1 General Provisions
- Article 1.1 Post-Adoption Contact and Communication Agreements
- Article 2 Agency Adoptions
- Article 3 Parental Placement Adoptions
- Article 5 Adult Adoption
- Article 4 Stepparent and Confirmatory Adoption
- Article 6 Records
- Article 7 Virginia Birth Father Registry
- Article 4.1 Close Relative Adoption