Va. Code § 63.2-1213

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 63.2-1213 - Final order of adoption

After consideration of the report made pursuant to § 63.2-1212 or as permitted pursuant to § 63.2-1210, if the circuit court is satisfied that the best interests of the child will be served thereby, the circuit court shall enter the final order of adoption. However, a final order of adoption shall not be entered until information has been furnished by the petitioner in compliance with § 32.1-262 unless the circuit court, for good cause shown, finds the information to be unavailable or unnecessary. No circuit court shall deny a petitioner a final order of adoption for the sole reason that the child was placed in the physical custody of the petitioner by a person not authorized to make such placements pursuant to § 63.2-1200. An attested copy of every final order of adoption shall be forwarded, by the clerk of the circuit court in which it was entered, to the Commissioner and to the child-placing agency that placed the child or to the local director, in cases where the child was not placed by an agency.

Va. Code § 63.2-1213

Code 1950, § 63-356; 1962, c. 603; 1964, c. 429; 1968, c. 578, § 63.1-230; 1975, c. 364; 1981, c. 318; 1988, c. 431; 2000, c. 830, § 63.1-219.20; 2002, c. 747; 2006, cc. 825, 848; 2007, cc. 606, 623.
Amended by Acts 2007, § cc. 606, 623.
Amended by Acts 2006, § cc. 825, 848.
Amended by Acts 2002, § c. 747.
Amended by Acts 2000, § c. 830, § 63.1-219.20.
Amended by Acts 1988, § c. 431.
Amended by Acts 1981, § c. 318.
Amended by Acts 1975, § c. 364.
Amended by Acts 1968, § c. 578, § 63.1-230.
Amended by Acts 1964, § c. 429.
Amended by Acts 1962, § c. 603.