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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 550<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56077,"section_number":"16.1-282","catch_line":"Foster care review","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-282\/"},{"id":55053,"section_number":"16.1-282.1","catch_line":"Permanency planning hearing for children in foster care","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-282.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":161503,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83429,"identifier":"16.1-242.1","token":"16.1\/11\/3\/16.1-242.1","url":"\/16.1-242.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-242.1\/","token":"16.1\/11\/3\/16.1-242.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Retention of jurisdiction; appeals involving children in foster care","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-242.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon appeal<\/span> to the circuit<\/span> court of any case involving a child placed in foster care and in any appeal<\/span> to the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> or Supreme Court of Virginia, the juvenile court<\/span> shall retain jurisdiction<\/span> to continue to hear petitions<\/span> filed pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 16.1-282<\/a> and 16.1-282.1<\/a>. Orders<\/span> of the juvenile court<\/span> in such cases shall continue to be reviewed and enforced by the juvenile court<\/span> until the circuit<\/span> court, Court of Appeals<\/span> or Supreme Court rules otherwise.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETENTION OF JURISDICTION; APPEALS INVOLVING CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE (\u00a7\n16.1-242.1)\n\nUpon appeal to the circuit court of any case involving a child placed in foster\ncare and in any appeal to the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court of Virginia, the\njuvenile court shall retain jurisdiction to continue to hear petitions filed\npursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 16.1-282 and 16.1-282.1. Orders of the juvenile court in such\ncases shall continue to be reviewed and enforced by the juvenile court until the\ncircuit court, Court of Appeals or Supreme Court rules otherwise.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 550.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}