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(ii) upon order of the juvenile and domestic relations district court or the circuit court of competent jurisdiction; (iii) pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-904, which removal shall be subject to review by the juvenile and domestic relations district court upon petition of the adoptive parents; or (iv) upon order of the juvenile and domestic relations district court that accepted consent when consent has been revoked as authorized by \u00a7 63.2-1204 or \u00a7 63.2-1223.\n\t\tWhen a child has been placed in an adoptive home directly by the birth parents or legal guardian of the child, the adoptive parents have been granted custody of the child pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1233, and it becomes necessary to remove the child from the home of the adoptive parents, the juvenile and domestic relations district court entering such an order shall order that any consent given for the purposes of such placement shall be void and shall determine the custody of the child.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":304632,"text":"When a child is placed in an adoptive home pursuant to an adoptive home placement agreement by a local board or by a licensed child-placing agency pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1221, or by the birth parent or legal guardian of the child pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1230, and a circuit court of competent jurisdiction has not entered an interlocutory order of adoption, such child shall not be removed from the physical custody of the adoptive parents, except (i) with the consent of the adoptive parents; 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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 647 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1995, chapters 772<\/a> and 826<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 830<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70767,"section_number":"63.2-1204","catch_line":"When consent is revocable; fraud or duress; mutual consent","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1204\/"},{"id":87110,"section_number":"63.2-1221","catch_line":"Placement of children for adoption by agency or local board","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1221\/"},{"id":66503,"section_number":"63.2-1223","catch_line":"Revocation of entrustment agreement","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1223\/"},{"id":63566,"section_number":"63.2-1230","catch_line":"Placement of children by parent or guardian","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1230\/"},{"id":69788,"section_number":"63.2-1233","catch_line":"Consent to be executed in juvenile and domestic relations district court; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1233\/"},{"id":76669,"section_number":"63.2-904","catch_line":"Investigation, visitation, and supervision of foster homes or independent living arrangement; removal of child","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-904\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271409,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84982,"identifier":"63.2-1207","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1207","url":"\/63.2-1207\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1207\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1207","dublin_core":{"Title":"Removal of child from adoptive home","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1207","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When a child<\/span> is placed in an adoptive home<\/span> pursuant to an adoptive home<\/span> placement agreement by a local board<\/span> or by a licensed child<\/span>-placing agency<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1221<\/a>, or by the birth parent<\/span> or legal guardian of the child<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1230<\/a>, and a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of competent jurisdiction<\/span> has not entered an interlocutory order<\/span> of adoption, such child<\/span> shall not be removed from the physical custody<\/span> of the adoptive parents, except (i) with the consent of the adoptive parents; (ii) upon order of the juvenile and domestic relations district court<\/span> or the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of competent jurisdiction<\/span>; (iii) pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-904<\/a>, which removal shall be subject to review by the juvenile and domestic relations district court<\/span> upon petition<\/span> of the adoptive parents; or (iv) upon order of the juvenile and domestic relations district court<\/span> that accepted consent when consent has been revoked as authorized by \u00a7 63.2-1204<\/a> or \u00a7 63.2-1223<\/a>.\n\t\tWhen a child<\/span> has been placed in an adoptive home<\/span> directly by the birth parents<\/span> or legal guardian of the child<\/span>, the adoptive parents have been granted custody<\/span> of the child<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1233<\/a>, and it becomes necessary to remove the child<\/span> from the home of the adoptive parents, the juvenile and domestic relations district court<\/span> entering such an order shall order that any consent given for the purposes of such placement shall be void and shall determine the custody<\/span> of the child<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREMOVAL OF CHILD FROM ADOPTIVE HOME (\u00a7 63.2-1207)\n\nWhen a child is placed in an adoptive home pursuant to an adoptive home\nplacement agreement by a local board or by a licensed child-placing agency\npursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1221, or by the birth parent or legal guardian of the child\npursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1230, and a circuit court of competent jurisdiction has not\nentered an interlocutory order of adoption, such child shall not be removed from\nthe physical custody of the adoptive parents, except (i) with the consent of the\nadoptive parents; (ii) upon order of the juvenile and domestic relations\ndistrict court or the circuit court of competent jurisdiction; (iii) pursuant to\n\u00a7 63.2-904, which removal shall be subject to review by the juvenile and\ndomestic relations district court upon petition of the adoptive parents; or (iv)\nupon order of the juvenile and domestic relations district court that accepted\nconsent when consent has been revoked as authorized by \u00a7 63.2-1204 or \u00a7\n63.2-1223.\n\t\tWhen a child has been placed in an adoptive home directly by the birth parents\nor legal guardian of the child, the adoptive parents have been granted custody\nof the child pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1233, and it becomes necessary to remove the\nchild from the home of the adoptive parents, the juvenile and domestic relations\ndistrict court entering such an order shall order that any consent given for the\npurposes of such placement shall be void and shall determine the custody of the\nchild.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 647, \u00a7 63.1-220.5; 1995, cc. 772, 826; 2000, c. 830, \u00a7\n63.1-219.15; 2002, c. 747.","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}}