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§ 63.2-910.1 Acceptance of children by local departments of social services

A local department of social services has the authority to take custody of abandoned children, to arrange appropriate placements for abandoned children, including foster care, and to institute proceedings for the termination of parental rights of abandoned children as provided in this title and Title 16.1.

History

This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 816 and 822 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.

2003, cc. 816, 822.

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