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It has been modified 17 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 1954, chapter 489; in 1956, chapter 300; in 1960, chapter 331; in 1962, chapter 603; in 1968, chapter 578; in 1972, chapters 73, 475, and 823; in 1974, chapter 620; in 1978, chapters 730, 735, and 744; in 1985, chapter 18; in 1986, chapter 387; in 1989, chapter 647; in 1993, chapter 553; in 1995, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0772\">772<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0826\">826<\/a>; in 1999, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP1028\">1028<\/a>; in 2000, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0830\">830<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>; in 2009, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84982,"section_number":"63.2-1207","catch_line":"Removal of child from adoptive home","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1207\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":271393,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70767,"identifier":"63.2-1204","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1204","url":"\/63.2-1204\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1204\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1204","dublin_core":{"Title":"When consent is revocable; fraud or duress; mutual consent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1204","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Parental consent to an adoption or an entrustment agreement not yet finalized by the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, shall be revocable prior to the <span class=\"dictionary\">final order<\/span> of adoption (i) upon proof of <span class=\"dictionary\">fraud<\/span> or duress or (ii) after placement of the <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span> in an <span class=\"dictionary\">adoptive home<\/span>, upon written, mutual consent of the <span class=\"dictionary\">birth parents<\/span> and prospective adoptive parents or the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span>-placing agency<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN CONSENT IS REVOCABLE; FRAUD OR DURESS; MUTUAL CONSENT (\u00a7 63.2-1204)\n\nParental consent to an adoption or an entrustment agreement not yet finalized by\nthe court, shall be revocable prior to the final order of adoption (i) upon\nproof of fraud or duress or (ii) after placement of the child in an adoptive\nhome, upon written, mutual consent of the birth parents and prospective adoptive\nparents or the child-placing agency.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 63-351; 1954, c. 489; 1956, c. 300; 1960, c. 331; 1962,\nc. 603; 1968, c. 578, \u00a7 63.1-225; 1972, cc. 73, 475, 823; 1974, c. 620; 1978,\ncc. 730, 735, 744; 1985, c. 18; 1986, c. 387; 1989, c. 647; 1993, c. 553; 1995,\ncc. 772, 826; 1999, c. 1028; 2000, c. 830, \u00a7 63.1-219.12; 2002, c. 747; 2009,\nc. 805.","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}}