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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1024<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":179175,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84426,"identifier":"20-124.2:1","token":"20\/6.1\/20-124.2_1","url":"\/20-124.2_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-124.2_1\/","token":"20\/6.1\/20-124.2_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"In camera interviews of child; record","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-124.2:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any proceeding in a court<\/span> of record to determine custody<\/span> or visitation, when the court<\/span> conducts an in camera<\/span> interview of a minor<\/span> child whose custody<\/span> or visitation is at issue<\/span> without the presence of the parties or their counsel<\/span>, a record of the interview shall be prepared, unless the parties otherwise agree. The record of the interview shall be made a part of the record in the case unless a decision is made by the court<\/span> that doing so would endanger the safety of the child. The cost of creating the record shall be taxed as costs to the parties to the proceeding.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIN CAMERA INTERVIEWS OF CHILD; RECORD (\u00a7 20-124.2:1)\n\nIn any proceeding in a court of record to determine custody or visitation, when\nthe court conducts an in camera interview of a minor child whose custody or\nvisitation is at issue without the presence of the parties or their counsel, a\nrecord of the interview shall be prepared, unless the parties otherwise agree.\nThe record of the interview shall be made a part of the record in the case\nunless a decision is made by the court that doing so would endanger the safety\nof the child. The cost of creating the record shall be taxed as costs to the\nparties to the proceeding.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 1024.","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}}