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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 424<\/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":[{"id":79948,"section_number":"32.1-261","catch_line":"New certificate of birth established on proof of adoption, legitimation, or determination of paternity, or change of sex","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-261\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271465,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61151,"identifier":"63.2-1220.01","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1220.01","url":"\/63.2-1220.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1220.01\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/1\/63.2-1220.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Foreign adoptions; establishment of date of birth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1220.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A circuit<\/span> court<\/span> may, as part of a proceeding for the adoption of a child<\/span> born in a foreign country or upon petition<\/span> to amend<\/span> a certificate of birth for a person born in a foreign country, correct or establish a date of birth for such person. In cases in which adoptive parents are unable to ascertain the date of birth of the child<\/span> or in which medical evidence<\/span> indicates that the stated date of birth of the child<\/span> is incorrect, the court<\/span> may establish a corrected date of birth based on medical evidence<\/span> of the child<\/span>’s actual age and the State Registrar of Vital Records shall issue<\/span> a certificate of birth pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-261<\/a> showing the date of birth established by the court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFOREIGN ADOPTIONS; ESTABLISHMENT OF DATE OF BIRTH (\u00a7 63.2-1220.01)\n\nA circuit court may, as part of a proceeding for the adoption of a child born in\na foreign country or upon petition to amend a certificate of birth for a person\nborn in a foreign country, correct or establish a date of birth for such person.\nIn cases in which adoptive parents are unable to ascertain the date of birth of\nthe child or in which medical evidence indicates that the stated date of birth\nof the child is incorrect, the court may establish a corrected date of birth\nbased on medical evidence of the child’s actual age and the State\nRegistrar of Vital Records shall issue a certificate of birth pursuant to \u00a7\n32.1-261 showing the date of birth established by the court.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, c. 424.","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}}