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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 559 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 1977 \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 1996, chapters 755<\/a> and 914<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85303,"section_number":"16.1-248.2","catch_line":"Mental health screening and assessment for certain juveniles","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-248.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":161631,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70890,"identifier":"16.1-261","token":"16.1\/11\/5\/16.1-261","url":"\/16.1-261\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-261\/","token":"16.1\/11\/5\/16.1-261","dublin_core":{"Title":"Statements made at intake or mental health screening and assessment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-261","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Statements made by a child to the intake officer<\/span> or probation officer<\/span> during the intake process or during a mental health screening or assessment conducted pursuant to \u00a7 16.1-248.2<\/a> and prior to a hearing<\/span> on the merits of the petition<\/span> filed against the child, shall not be admissible<\/span> at any stage of the proceedings.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATEMENTS MADE AT INTAKE OR MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT (\u00a7\n16.1-261)\n\nStatements made by a child to the intake officer or probation officer during the\nintake process or during a mental health screening or assessment conducted\npursuant to \u00a7 16.1-248.2 and prior to a hearing on the merits of the petition\nfiled against the child, shall not be admissible at any stage of the\nproceedings.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 559; 1996, cc. 755, 914.","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}}