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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 154 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1498695,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375360,"identifier":"63.2-1402","token":"63.2\/III\/14\/63.2-1402","url":"\/63.2-1402\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1402\/","token":"63.2\/III\/14\/63.2-1402","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1402","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purposes of this chapter:<\/p>

“Adoption assistance state<\/span>” means the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.<\/p>

“Residence state<\/span>” means the state of which the child<\/span> is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.<\/p>

“State” means a state of the United States<\/span>, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession<\/span> of or administered by the United States<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 63.2-1402)\n\nFor the purposes of this chapter:\n\n“Adoption assistance state” means the state that is signatory to an\nadoption assistance agreement in a particular case.\n\n“Residence state” means the state of which the child is a resident\nby virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.\n\n“State” means a state of the United States, the District of\nColumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the\nCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or\nadministered by the United States.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 154, \u00a7 63.1-238.8; 2002, c. 747.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}