Agency Adoptions
This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Agency Adoptions.” It is part of Title 63.2, titled “Welfare (social Services).” It is part of Subtitle III, titled “Social Services Programs.” It is part of Chapter 12, titled “Adoption.” It’s comprised of the following 10 sections.
- § 63.2-1221
- Placement of children for adoption by agency or local board
- § 63.2-1222
- Execution of entrustment agreement by birth parent(s); exceptions; notice and objection to entrustment; copy required to be furnished; requirement for agencies outside the Commonwealth
- § 63.2-1223
- Revocation of entrustment agreement
- § 63.2-1224
- Explanation of process, legal effects of adoption required
- § 63.2-1225
- Determination of appropriate home
- § 63.2-1226
- When birth parents recommend adoptive parents
- § 63.2-1227
- Filing of petition for agency adoption
- § 63.2-1228
- Forwarding of petition
- § 63.2-1228.1
- Repealed
- § 63.2-1229
- Foster parent adoption