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The clerk of the circuit court shall forward an attested copy of every such order to the Commissioner and to the child-placing agency that placed the child.\n\t\tWhen an interlocutory order has been entered and subsequently is revoked, the circuit court may proceed in the same manner as set forth in \u00a7 63.2-1209 to enter an order concerning the subsequent custody or guardianship of the child.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":259241,"text":"The circuit court may, by order entered of record, revoke its interlocutory order of adoption at any time prior to the entry of the final order, for good cause shown, on its own motion, or on the motion of the birth parents of the child, or of the petitioner, or of the child himself by his next friend, or of the child-placing agency, which placed the child with the petitioners or of the Commissioner; but, no such order of revocation shall be entered, except on motion of the petitioner, unless the petitioner is given ten days’ notice of such motion in writing and an opportunity to be heard or has removed from the Commonwealth. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1964, chapter 429; in 1968, chapter 578; in 1995, chapters 772<\/a> and 826<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 830<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77214,"section_number":"63.2-1209","catch_line":"Entry of interlocutory order","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1209\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271425,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71943,"identifier":"63.2-1211","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1211","url":"\/63.2-1211\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1211\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1211","dublin_core":{"Title":"Revocation of interlocutory order","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1211","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The circuit<\/span> court<\/span> may, by order entered of record, revoke its interlocutory order<\/span> of adoption at any time prior to the entry of the final order<\/span>, for good cause shown, on its own motion<\/span>, or on the motion<\/span> of the birth parents<\/span> of the child<\/span>, or of the petitioner, or of the child<\/span> himself by his next friend, or of the child<\/span>-placing agency<\/span>, which placed the child<\/span> with the petitioners or of the Commissioner<\/span>; but, no such order of revocation<\/span> shall be entered, except on motion<\/span> of the petitioner, unless the petitioner is given ten days’ notice of such motion<\/span> in writing and an opportunity to be heard or has removed from the Commonwealth. The clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> shall forward an attested copy of every such order to the Commissioner<\/span> and to the child<\/span>-placing agency<\/span> that placed the child<\/span>.\n\t\tWhen an interlocutory order<\/span> has been entered and subsequently is revoked, the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> may proceed in the same manner as set forth in \u00a7 63.2-1209<\/a> to enter an order concerning the subsequent custody<\/span> or guardianship of the child<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVOCATION OF INTERLOCUTORY ORDER (\u00a7 63.2-1211)\n\nThe circuit court may, by order entered of record, revoke its interlocutory\norder of adoption at any time prior to the entry of the final order, for good\ncause shown, on its own motion, or on the motion of the birth parents of the\nchild, or of the petitioner, or of the child himself by his next friend, or of\nthe child-placing agency, which placed the child with the petitioners or of the\nCommissioner; but, no such order of revocation shall be entered, except on\nmotion of the petitioner, unless the petitioner is given ten days’ notice\nof such motion in writing and an opportunity to be heard or has removed from the\nCommonwealth. The clerk of the circuit court shall forward an attested copy of\nevery such order to the Commissioner and to the child-placing agency that placed\nthe child.\n\t\tWhen an interlocutory order has been entered and subsequently is revoked, the\ncircuit court may proceed in the same manner as set forth in \u00a7 63.2-1209 to\nenter an order concerning the subsequent custody or guardianship of the child.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 63-353; 1954, c. 489; 1964, c. 429; 1968, c. 578, \u00a7\n63.1-227; 1995, cc. 772, 826; 2000, c. 830, \u00a7 63.1-219.18; 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}}