CODE OF VIRGINIA

FINAL JUDGMENT; COPY FILED WITH JUVENILE COURT; PROCEEDING MAY BE REMANDED TO
JUVENILE COURT (§ 16.1-297)

Upon the rendition of final judgment upon an appeal from the juvenile and
domestic relations district court, the circuit court shall cause a copy of its
judgment to be filed with the juvenile court within twenty-one days of entry of
its order, which shall thereupon become the judgment of the juvenile court. In
the event such circuit court does not dismiss the proceedings or discharge such
child or adult, the circuit court may remand the child or adult to the
jurisdiction of the juvenile court for its supervision and care, under the terms
of its order or judgment, and thereafter such child or adult shall be and remain
under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court in the same manner as if such court
had rendered the judgment in the first instance.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 16.1-215; 1956, c. 555; 1977, c. 559; 1996, c. 828.