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§ 63.2-1205.1 Certain offenders prohibited from adopting a child

No petition for adoption shall be granted if the person seeking to adopt has been convicted of an offense requiring registration pursuant to § 9.1-902.

History

This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 384 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2020, chapter 829.

2006, c. 384; 2020, c. 829.

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