CODE OF VIRGINIA

VALID REPORT OR COMPLAINT (§ 63.2-1508)

A valid report or complaint means the local department has evaluated the
information and allegations of the report or complaint and determined that the
local department shall conduct an investigation or family assessment because the
following elements are present:

   1.  The alleged victim child or children are under the age of eighteen at the
   time of the complaint or report;

   2.  The alleged abuser is the alleged victim child’s parent or other
   caretaker;

   3.  The local department receiving the complaint or report has jurisdiction;
   and

   4.  The circumstances described allege suspected child abuse or neglect.

Nothing in this section shall relieve any person specified in § 63.2-1509 from
making a report required by that section, regardless of the identity of the
person suspected to have caused such abuse or neglect.

HISTORY: 1975, c. 341, § 63.1-248.2; 1981, c. 123; 1986, c. 308; 1990, c. 760;
1995, c. 520; 2000, c. 500; 2002, c. 747.