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Upon the motion of any such birth parent or alleged birth parent, or upon the motion of any person or agency with whom the child has been placed, the circuit or juvenile and domestic relations district court, as the case may be, shall determine (i) whether the birth parent or alleged birth parent is a person whose consent to the adoption is required and, if so, then (ii) pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1205, whether, in the best interest of the child, the consent of the person whose consent is required is being withheld contrary to the best interest of the child or is unobtainable.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":230728,"text":"If, after the expiration of the appropriate revocation period provided for in \u00a7 63.2-1223 or \u00a7 63.2-1234, a birth parent or an alleged birth parent attempts to obtain or regain custody of or attempts to exercise parental rights to a child who has been placed for adoption, there shall be no parental presumption in favor of any party. Upon the motion of any such birth parent or alleged birth parent, or upon the motion of any person or agency with whom the child has been placed, the circuit or juvenile and domestic relations district court, as the case may be, shall determine (i) whether the birth parent or alleged birth parent is a person whose consent to the adoption is required and, if so, then (ii) pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1205, whether, in the best interest of the child, the consent of the person whose consent is required is being withheld contrary to the best interest of the child or is unobtainable.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14142,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14096,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:01","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:01","permalink":{"id":271367,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14142,"identifier":"1","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1","url":"\/63.2\/III\/12\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14096,"edition_id":1,"name":"Adoption","identifier":"12","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13897,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:52","permalink":{"id":271365,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14096,"identifier":"12","token":"63.2\/III\/12","url":"\/63.2\/III\/12\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13897,"edition_id":1,"name":"Social Services Programs","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12789,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:14","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:14","permalink":{"id":271331,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13897,"identifier":"III","token":"63.2\/III","url":"\/63.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12789,"edition_id":1,"name":"Welfare (Social Services)","identifier":"63.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":270661,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12789,"identifier":"63.2","token":"63.2","url":"\/63.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":67454,"structure_id":14142,"section_number":"63.2-1200","catch_line":"Who may place children for adoption","url":"\/63.2-1200\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1200","metadata":false},{"id":79180,"structure_id":14142,"section_number":"63.2-1200.1","catch_line":"Recognition of foreign adoption; 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establishment of date of birth","url":"\/63.2-1220.01\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1220.01","metadata":false},{"id":62740,"structure_id":14142,"section_number":"63.2-1220.1","catch_line":"Establishment of minimum training requirements","url":"\/63.2-1220.1\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1220.1","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":84468,"structure_id":14142,"section_number":"63.2-1205.1","catch_line":"Certain offenders prohibited from adopting a child","url":"\/63.2-1205.1\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1205.1","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":84982,"structure_id":14142,"section_number":"63.2-1207","catch_line":"Removal of child from adoptive home","url":"\/63.2-1207\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1207","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/63.2-1206\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in 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> 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. It has been modified 3 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 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 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0467\">467<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75979,"section_number":"63.2-1205","catch_line":"Best interests of the child; standards for determining","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1205\/"},{"id":66503,"section_number":"63.2-1223","catch_line":"Revocation of entrustment agreement","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1223\/"},{"id":80402,"section_number":"63.2-1234","catch_line":"When consent is revocable","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1234\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271405,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63319,"identifier":"63.2-1206","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1206","url":"\/63.2-1206\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1206\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1206","dublin_core":{"Title":"No parental presumption after revocation period expires","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1206","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If, after the expiration of the appropriate <span class=\"dictionary\">revocation<\/span> period provided for in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Revocation of entrustment agreement\" href=\"\/63.2-1223\/\">63.2-1223<\/a> or \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"When consent is revocable\" href=\"\/63.2-1234\/\">63.2-1234<\/a>, a <span class=\"dictionary\">birth parent<\/span> or an alleged <span class=\"dictionary\">birth parent<\/span> attempts to obtain or regain <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> of or attempts to exercise parental rights to a <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span> who has been placed for adoption, there shall be no parental <span class=\"dictionary\">presumption<\/span> in favor of any <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span>. Upon the <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> of any such <span class=\"dictionary\">birth parent<\/span> or alleged <span class=\"dictionary\">birth parent<\/span>, or upon the <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> of any person or agency with whom the <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span> has been placed, the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> or juvenile and domestic relations district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, as the case may be, shall determine (i) whether the <span class=\"dictionary\">birth parent<\/span> or alleged <span class=\"dictionary\">birth parent<\/span> is a person whose consent to the adoption is required and, if so, then (ii) pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Best interests of the child; standards for determining\" href=\"\/63.2-1205\/\">63.2-1205<\/a>, whether, in the best interest of the <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span>, the consent of the person whose consent is required is being withheld contrary to the best interest of the <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span> or is unobtainable.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNO PARENTAL PRESUMPTION AFTER REVOCATION PERIOD EXPIRES (\u00a7 63.2-1206)\n\nIf, after the expiration of the appropriate revocation period provided for in \u00a7\n63.2-1223 or \u00a7 63.2-1234, a birth parent or an alleged birth parent attempts to\nobtain or regain custody of or attempts to exercise parental rights to a child\nwho has been placed for adoption, there shall be no parental presumption in\nfavor of any party. Upon the motion of any such birth parent or alleged birth\nparent, or upon the motion of any person or agency with whom the child has been\nplaced, the circuit or juvenile and domestic relations district court, as the\ncase may be, shall determine (i) whether the birth parent or alleged birth\nparent is a person whose consent to the adoption is required and, if so, then\n(ii) pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1205, whether, in the best interest of the child, the\nconsent of the person whose consent is required is being withheld contrary to\nthe best interest of the child or is unobtainable.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, cc. 772, 826, \u00a7 63.1-220.7; 2000, c. 830, \u00a7 63.1-219.14; 2002,\nc. 747; 2003, c. 467.","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}}