{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/16.1-293.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/16.1-293.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/16.1-293.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/16.1-293.html"}],"law_id":62499,"edition_id":1,"section_id":62499,"structure_id":15946,"section_number":"16.1-293","catch_line":"Supervision of juvenile or person during commitment and on parole; placing juvenile in halfway house","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 16.1-210; 1956, c. 555; 1962, c. 628; 1972, cc. 73, 708; 1973, cc. 440, 546; 1977, c. 559; 1980, c. 217; 1981, c. 487; 1985, c. 203; 1988, c. 453; 1996, cc. 755, 914, 916, 1000; 2001, cc. 688, 820, 853; 2010, c. 742; 2011, cc. 39, 442; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2013, cc. 362, 564.","full_text":"At such time as the court commits a juvenile to the Department, the juvenile and domestic relations district court service unit shall maintain contact with the juvenile during the juvenile’s commitment.\n\t\tIf a person is placed on parole supervision following that person’s release from commitment to the Department, the court services unit providing parole supervision shall furnish the person a written statement of the conditions of his parole and shall instruct him regarding the same. The conditions of the reenrollment plan may be included in the conditions of parole. Violations of parole shall be heard by the court pursuant to \u00a7 16.1-291. If the parole supervision is for an indeterminate period of time, the director of the supervising court services unit may approve termination of parole supervision.\n\t\tThe Department shall notify the school division superintendent in the locality where the person was enrolled of his commitment to a facility. The court services unit shall, in consultation with the local school division, the Department’s Division of Education and the juvenile correctional counselor, develop a reenrollment plan if the person is of compulsory school attendance age or is eligible for special education services pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-213. The reenrollment plan shall be in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board of Education pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-17.1. The superintendent shall provide the person’s scholastic records, as defined in \u00a7 22.1-289, and the terms and conditions of any expulsion which was in effect at the time of commitment or which will be in effect upon release. A court may not order a local school board to reenroll a person who has been expelled in accordance with the procedures set forth in \u00a7 22.1-277.06. At least 14 days prior to the person’s scheduled release, the Department shall notify the school division superintendent in the locality where the person will reside.\n\t\tIn the event it is determined by the juvenile and domestic relations district court that a person may benefit from placement in the halfway house program operated by the Department, the person may be referred for care and treatment to a halfway house. Persons so placed in a halfway house shall remain in parole status and cannot be transferred or otherwise placed in another institutional setting or institutional placement operated by the Department except as elsewhere provided by law for those persons who have violated their parole status.\n\t\tIn the event that the person was in the custody of the local department of social services immediately prior to his commitment to the Department and has not attained the age of 18 years, the local department of social services shall resume custody upon the person’s release from commitment, unless an alternative arrangement for the custody of the person has been made and communicated in writing to the Department. At least 90 days prior to the person’s release from commitment on parole supervision, (i) the court services unit shall consult with the local department of social services concerning return of the person to the locality and the placement of the person and (ii) the local department of social services and the court services unit shall collaborate to develop a plan that prepares the person for successful transition from the Department’s commitment to the custody of the local department of social services or to an alternative custody arrangement if applicable. The plan shall identify the services necessary for such transition and how the services are to be provided. The court services unit will be responsible for supervising the person’s terms and conditions of parole.\n\t\tIn the event that the person was in the custody of the local department of social services immediately prior to his commitment to the Department, is between 18 and 21 years of age, provides written notice of his intent to receive independent living services to the local department of social services, and enters into a written agreement with the local department of social services as set forth in \u00a7 63.2-905.1, the person shall be eligible to receive independent living services from the local department or a child-placing agency pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-905.1. At least 90 days prior to the person’s release from commitment on parole supervision, (i) the court services unit shall inform the person of the availability of independent living services and shall consult with the local department of social services concerning return of the person to the locality and living arrangements for the person and (ii) the local department of social services and the court services unit shall work collaboratively to develop a plan for the successful transition of the person from the custody of the Department to independent living, which shall identify the services necessary to facilitate the person’s transition to independent living and describe how the necessary services shall be provided.\n\t\tIn all cases in which a person who is in the custody of the local department of social services is committed to the Department, the local department of social services and the Department shall work cooperatively through the duration of the person’s commitment to ensure communication of information regarding the status of the person and to facilitate transition planning for the person prior to his release.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":227931,"text":"At such time as the court commits a juvenile to the Department, the juvenile and domestic relations district court service unit shall maintain contact with the juvenile during the juvenile’s commitment.\n\t\tIf a person is placed on parole supervision following that person’s release from commitment to the Department, the court services unit providing parole supervision shall furnish the person a written statement of the conditions of his parole and shall instruct him regarding the same. The conditions of the reenrollment plan may be included in the conditions of parole. Violations of parole shall be heard by the court pursuant to \u00a7 16.1-291. If the parole supervision is for an indeterminate period of time, the director of the supervising court services unit may approve termination of parole supervision.\n\t\tThe Department shall notify the school division superintendent in the locality where the person was enrolled of his commitment to a facility. The court services unit shall, in consultation with the local school division, the Department’s Division of Education and the juvenile correctional counselor, develop a reenrollment plan if the person is of compulsory school attendance age or is eligible for special education services pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-213. The reenrollment plan shall be in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board of Education pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-17.1. The superintendent shall provide the person’s scholastic records, as defined in \u00a7 22.1-289, and the terms and conditions of any expulsion which was in effect at the time of commitment or which will be in effect upon release. A court may not order a local school board to reenroll a person who has been expelled in accordance with the procedures set forth in \u00a7 22.1-277.06. At least 14 days prior to the person’s scheduled release, the Department shall notify the school division superintendent in the locality where the person will reside.\n\t\tIn the event it is determined by the juvenile and domestic relations district court that a person may benefit from placement in the halfway house program operated by the Department, the person may be referred for care and treatment to a halfway house. Persons so placed in a halfway house shall remain in parole status and cannot be transferred or otherwise placed in another institutional setting or institutional placement operated by the Department except as elsewhere provided by law for those persons who have violated their parole status.\n\t\tIn the event that the person was in the custody of the local department of social services immediately prior to his commitment to the Department and has not attained the age of 18 years, the local department of social services shall resume custody upon the person’s release from commitment, unless an alternative arrangement for the custody of the person has been made and communicated in writing to the Department. At least 90 days prior to the person’s release from commitment on parole supervision, (i) the court services unit shall consult with the local department of social services concerning return of the person to the locality and the placement of the person and (ii) the local department of social services and the court services unit shall collaborate to develop a plan that prepares the person for successful transition from the Department’s commitment to the custody of the local department of social services or to an alternative custody arrangement if applicable. The plan shall identify the services necessary for such transition and how the services are to be provided. The court services unit will be responsible for supervising the person’s terms and conditions of parole.\n\t\tIn the event that the person was in the custody of the local department of social services immediately prior to his commitment to the Department, is between 18 and 21 years of age, provides written notice of his intent to receive independent living services to the local department of social services, and enters into a written agreement with the local department of social services as set forth in \u00a7 63.2-905.1, the person shall be eligible to receive independent living services from the local department or a child-placing agency pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-905.1. At least 90 days prior to the person’s release from commitment on parole supervision, (i) the court services unit shall inform the person of the availability of independent living services and shall consult with the local department of social services concerning return of the person to the locality and living arrangements for the person and (ii) the local department of social services and the court services unit shall work collaboratively to develop a plan for the successful transition of the person from the custody of the Department to independent living, which shall identify the services necessary to facilitate the person’s transition to independent living and describe how the necessary services shall be provided.\n\t\tIn all cases in which a person who is in the custody of the local department of social services is committed to the Department, the local department of social services and the Department shall work cooperatively through the duration of the person’s commitment to ensure communication of information regarding the status of the person and to facilitate transition planning for the person prior to his release.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15946,"edition_id":1,"name":"Probation and Parole","identifier":"10","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12701,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:02:29","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:02:29","permalink":{"id":160969,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15946,"identifier":"10","token":"16.1\/11\/10","url":"\/16.1\/11\/10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12701,"edition_id":1,"name":"Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts","identifier":"11","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12700,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":160945,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12701,"identifier":"11","token":"16.1\/11","url":"\/16.1\/11\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12700,"edition_id":1,"name":"Courts Not of Record","identifier":"16.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":160919,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12700,"identifier":"16.1","token":"16.1","url":"\/16.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":62047,"structure_id":15946,"section_number":"16.1-291","catch_line":"Revocation or modification of probation, protective supervision or parole; proceedings; disposition","url":"\/16.1-291\/","token":"16.1\/11\/10\/16.1-291","metadata":false},{"id":63958,"structure_id":15946,"section_number":"16.1-292","catch_line":"Violation of court order by any person","url":"\/16.1-292\/","token":"16.1\/11\/10\/16.1-292","metadata":false},{"id":62499,"structure_id":15946,"section_number":"16.1-293","catch_line":"Supervision of juvenile or person during commitment and on parole; placing juvenile in halfway house","url":"\/16.1-293\/","token":"16.1\/11\/10\/16.1-293","metadata":false},{"id":77615,"structure_id":15946,"section_number":"16.1-293.1","catch_line":"Mental health services transition plan","url":"\/16.1-293.1\/","token":"16.1\/11\/10\/16.1-293.1","metadata":false},{"id":77808,"structure_id":15946,"section_number":"16.1-294","catch_line":"Placing child on parole in foster home or with institution; how cost paid","url":"\/16.1-294\/","token":"16.1\/11\/10\/16.1-294","metadata":false},{"id":63996,"structure_id":15946,"section_number":"16.1-295","catch_line":"Transfer of supervision from one county or city to another, or to another state","url":"\/16.1-295\/","token":"16.1\/11\/10\/16.1-295","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":63958,"structure_id":15946,"section_number":"16.1-292","catch_line":"Violation of court order by any person","url":"\/16.1-292\/","token":"16.1\/11\/10\/16.1-292","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":77615,"structure_id":15946,"section_number":"16.1-293.1","catch_line":"Mental health services transition plan","url":"\/16.1-293.1\/","token":"16.1\/11\/10\/16.1-293.1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/16.1-293\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 15 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 555; in 1962, chapter 628; in 1972, chapters 73 and 708; in 1973, chapters 440 and 546; in 1977, chapter 559; in 1980, chapter 217; in 1981, chapter 487; in 1985, chapter 203; in 1988, chapter 453; in 1996, chapters 755<\/a>, 914<\/a>, 916<\/a>, and 1000<\/a>; in 2001, chapters 688<\/a>, 820<\/a>, and 853<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 742<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 39<\/a> and 442<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 362<\/a> and 564<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63788,"section_number":"16.1-228","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-228\/"},{"id":62047,"section_number":"16.1-291","catch_line":"Revocation or modification of probation, protective supervision or parole; proceedings; disposition","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-291\/"},{"id":60447,"section_number":"22.1-288.2","catch_line":"Receipt, dissemination and maintenance of records of certain law-enforcement information","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-288.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62047,"section_number":"16.1-291","catch_line":"Revocation or modification of probation, protective supervision or parole; proceedings; disposition","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-291\/"},{"id":78066,"section_number":"22.1-17.1","catch_line":"Regulations for reenrollment","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-17.1\/"},{"id":86043,"section_number":"22.1-213","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-213\/"},{"id":68982,"section_number":"22.1-277.06","catch_line":"Expulsions; procedures; readmission","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-277.06\/"},{"id":80543,"section_number":"22.1-289","catch_line":"Transfer and management of scholastic records; disclosure of information in court notices; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-289\/"},{"id":63664,"section_number":"63.2-905.1","catch_line":"Independent living services","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-905.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":160979,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62499,"identifier":"16.1-293","token":"16.1\/11\/10\/16.1-293","url":"\/16.1-293\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-293\/","token":"16.1\/11\/10\/16.1-293","dublin_core":{"Title":"Supervision of juvenile or person during commitment and on parole; placing juvenile in halfway house","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-293","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

At such time as the court<\/span> commits a juvenile to the Department<\/span>, the juvenile and domestic relations district court service unit shall maintain contact with the juvenile during the juvenile’s commitment.\n\t\tIf a person is placed on parole<\/span> supervision following that person’s release from commitment to the Department<\/span>, the court<\/span> services unit providing parole<\/span> supervision shall furnish the person a written statement of the conditions of his parole<\/span> and shall instruct him regarding the same. The conditions of the reenrollment plan may be included in the conditions of parole<\/span>. Violations of parole<\/span> shall be heard by the court<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 16.1-291<\/a>. If the parole<\/span> supervision is for an indeterminate period of time, the director<\/span> of the supervising court services unit may approve termination of parole<\/span> supervision.\n\t\tThe Department<\/span> shall notify the school division superintendent in the locality where the person was enrolled of his commitment to a facility. The court<\/span> services unit shall, in consultation with the local school division, the Department<\/span>’s Division of Education and the juvenile correctional counselor, develop a reenrollment plan if the person is of compulsory school attendance age or is eligible for special education services pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-213<\/a>. The reenrollment plan shall be in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board of Education pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-17.1<\/a>. The superintendent shall provide the person’s scholastic records, as defined in \u00a7 22.1-289<\/a>, and the terms and conditions of any expulsion which was in effect at the time of commitment or which will be in effect upon release. A court may not order<\/span> a local school board to reenroll a person who has been expelled in accordance with the procedures set forth in \u00a7 22.1-277.06<\/a>. At least 14 days prior to the person’s scheduled release, the Department<\/span> shall notify the school division superintendent in the locality where the person will reside.\n\t\tIn the event it is determined by the juvenile and domestic relations district court that a person may benefit from placement in the halfway house program operated by the Department<\/span>, the person may be referred for care and treatment to a halfway house. Persons so placed in a halfway house shall remain in parole<\/span> status and cannot be transferred or otherwise placed in another institutional setting or institutional placement operated by the Department<\/span> except as elsewhere provided by law<\/span> for those persons who have violated their parole<\/span> status.\n\t\tIn the event that the person was in the custody<\/span> of the local department<\/span> of social services immediately prior to his commitment to the Department<\/span> and has not attained the age of 18 years, the local department<\/span> of social services shall resume custody<\/span> upon the person’s release from commitment, unless an alternative arrangement for the custody<\/span> of the person has been made and communicated in writing to the Department<\/span>. At least 90 days prior to the person’s release from commitment on parole<\/span> supervision, (i) the court<\/span> services unit shall consult with the local department<\/span> of social services concerning return of the person to the locality and the placement of the person and (ii) the local department<\/span> of social services and the court<\/span> services unit shall collaborate to develop a plan that prepares the person for successful transition from the Department<\/span>’s commitment to the custody<\/span> of the local department<\/span> of social services or to an alternative custody<\/span> arrangement if applicable. The plan shall identify the services necessary for such transition and how the services are to be provided. The court<\/span> services unit will be responsible for supervising the person’s terms and conditions of parole<\/span>.\n\t\tIn the event that the person was in the custody<\/span> of the local department<\/span> of social services immediately prior to his commitment to the Department<\/span>, is between 18 and 21 years of age, provides written notice of his intent<\/span> to receive independent living services<\/span> to the local department<\/span> of social services, and enters into a written agreement with the local department<\/span> of social services as set forth in \u00a7 63.2-905.1<\/a>, the person shall be eligible to receive independent living services<\/span> from the local department<\/span> or a child-placing agency pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-905.1<\/a>. At least 90 days prior to the person’s release from commitment on parole<\/span> supervision, (i) the court<\/span> services unit shall inform the person of the availability of independent living services<\/span> and shall consult with the local department<\/span> of social services concerning return of the person to the locality and living arrangements for the person and (ii) the local department<\/span> of social services and the court<\/span> services unit shall work collaboratively to develop a plan for the successful transition of the person from the custody<\/span> of the Department<\/span> to independent living, which shall identify the services necessary to facilitate the person’s transition to independent living and describe how the necessary services shall be provided.\n\t\tIn all cases in which a person who is in the custody<\/span> of the local department<\/span> of social services is committed to the Department<\/span>, the local department<\/span> of social services and the Department<\/span> shall work cooperatively through the duration of the person’s commitment to ensure communication of information regarding the status of the person and to facilitate transition planning for the person prior to his release.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUPERVISION OF JUVENILE OR PERSON DURING COMMITMENT AND ON PAROLE; PLACING\nJUVENILE IN HALFWAY HOUSE (\u00a7 16.1-293)\n\nAt such time as the court commits a juvenile to the Department, the juvenile and\ndomestic relations district court service unit shall maintain contact with the\njuvenile during the juvenile’s commitment.\n\t\tIf a person is placed on parole supervision following that person’s\nrelease from commitment to the Department, the court services unit providing\nparole supervision shall furnish the person a written statement of the\nconditions of his parole and shall instruct him regarding the same. The\nconditions of the reenrollment plan may be included in the conditions of parole.\nViolations of parole shall be heard by the court pursuant to \u00a7 16.1-291. If the\nparole supervision is for an indeterminate period of time, the director of the\nsupervising court services unit may approve termination of parole supervision.\n\t\tThe Department shall notify the school division superintendent in the locality\nwhere the person was enrolled of his commitment to a facility. The court\nservices unit shall, in consultation with the local school division, the\nDepartment’s Division of Education and the juvenile correctional\ncounselor, develop a reenrollment plan if the person is of compulsory school\nattendance age or is eligible for special education services pursuant to \u00a7\n22.1-213. The reenrollment plan shall be in accordance with regulations adopted\nby the Board of Education pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-17.1. The superintendent shall\nprovide the person’s scholastic records, as defined in \u00a7 22.1-289, and\nthe terms and conditions of any expulsion which was in effect at the time of\ncommitment or which will be in effect upon release. A court may not order a\nlocal school board to reenroll a person who has been expelled in accordance with\nthe procedures set forth in \u00a7 22.1-277.06. At least 14 days prior to the\nperson’s scheduled release, the Department shall notify the school\ndivision superintendent in the locality where the person will reside.\n\t\tIn the event it is determined by the juvenile and domestic relations district\ncourt that a person may benefit from placement in the halfway house program\noperated by the Department, the person may be referred for care and treatment to\na halfway house. Persons so placed in a halfway house shall remain in parole\nstatus and cannot be transferred or otherwise placed in another institutional\nsetting or institutional placement operated by the Department except as\nelsewhere provided by law for those persons who have violated their parole\nstatus.\n\t\tIn the event that the person was in the custody of the local department of\nsocial services immediately prior to his commitment to the Department and has\nnot attained the age of 18 years, the local department of social services shall\nresume custody upon the person’s release from commitment, unless an\nalternative arrangement for the custody of the person has been made and\ncommunicated in writing to the Department. At least 90 days prior to the\nperson’s release from commitment on parole supervision, (i) the court\nservices unit shall consult with the local department of social services\nconcerning return of the person to the locality and the placement of the person\nand (ii) the local department of social services and the court services unit\nshall collaborate to develop a plan that prepares the person for successful\ntransition from the Department’s commitment to the custody of the local\ndepartment of social services or to an alternative custody arrangement if\napplicable. The plan shall identify the services necessary for such transition\nand how the services are to be provided. The court services unit will be\nresponsible for supervising the person’s terms and conditions of parole.\n\t\tIn the event that the person was in the custody of the local department of\nsocial services immediately prior to his commitment to the Department, is\nbetween 18 and 21 years of age, provides written notice of his intent to receive\nindependent living services to the local department of social services, and\nenters into a written agreement with the local department of social services as\nset forth in \u00a7 63.2-905.1, the person shall be eligible to receive independent\nliving services from the local department or a child-placing agency pursuant to\n\u00a7 63.2-905.1. At least 90 days prior to the person’s release from\ncommitment on parole supervision, (i) the court services unit shall inform the\nperson of the availability of independent living services and shall consult with\nthe local department of social services concerning return of the person to the\nlocality and living arrangements for the person and (ii) the local department of\nsocial services and the court services unit shall work collaboratively to\ndevelop a plan for the successful transition of the person from the custody of\nthe Department to independent living, which shall identify the services\nnecessary to facilitate the person’s transition to independent living and\ndescribe how the necessary services shall be provided.\n\t\tIn all cases in which a person who is in the custody of the local department\nof social services is committed to the Department, the local department of\nsocial services and the Department shall work cooperatively through the duration\nof the person’s commitment to ensure communication of information\nregarding the status of the person and to facilitate transition planning for the\nperson prior to his release.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 16.1-210; 1956, c. 555; 1962, c. 628; 1972, cc. 73, 708;\n1973, cc. 440, 546; 1977, c. 559; 1980, c. 217; 1981, c. 487; 1985, c. 203;\n1988, c. 453; 1996, cc. 755, 914, 916, 1000; 2001, cc. 688, 820, 853; 2010, c.\n742; 2011, cc. 39, 442; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2013, cc. 362, 564.","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}}