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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 8 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 1990, chapter 202; in 1991, chapter 364; in 1995, chapters 772<\/a> and 826<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 1028<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 830<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 855<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 200<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80789,"section_number":"63.2-1222","catch_line":"Execution of entrustment agreement by birth parent(s); exceptions; notice and objection to entrustment; copy required to be furnished; requirement for agencies outside the Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1222\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":79167,"section_number":"20-49.1","catch_line":"How parent and child relationship established","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-49.1\/"},{"id":75922,"section_number":"20-49.8","catch_line":"Judgment or order; costs; birth record","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-49.8\/"},{"id":57240,"section_number":"63.2-1202","catch_line":"Parental, or agency, consent required; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1202\/"},{"id":72171,"section_number":"63.2-1249","catch_line":"Establishment of Registry","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1249\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271501,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66793,"identifier":"63.2-1224","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/2\/63.2-1224","url":"\/63.2-1224\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1224\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/2\/63.2-1224","dublin_core":{"Title":"Explanation of process, legal effects of adoption required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1224","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Prior to the placement of a child<\/span> for adoption, the licensed child<\/span>-placing agency<\/span> or local board<\/span> having custody<\/span> of the child<\/span> shall provide an explanation of the adoption process to the birth mother and, if reasonably available, the man who is an acknowledged father pursuant to \u00a7 20-49.1<\/a>, an adjudicated father pursuant to \u00a7 20-49.8<\/a>, a presumed father pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1202<\/a>, or a putative father who has registered with the Virginia Birth Father Registry pursuant to Article 7 (\u00a7 63.2-1249<\/a> et seq.) of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXPLANATION OF PROCESS, LEGAL EFFECTS OF ADOPTION REQUIRED (\u00a7 63.2-1224)\n\nPrior to the placement of a child for adoption, the licensed child-placing\nagency or local board having custody of the child shall provide an explanation\nof the adoption process to the birth mother and, if reasonably available, the\nman who is an acknowledged father pursuant to \u00a7 20-49.1, an adjudicated father\npursuant to \u00a7 20-49.8, a presumed father pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1202, or a\nputative father who has registered with the Virginia Birth Father Registry\npursuant to Article 7 (\u00a7 63.2-1249 et seq.) of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 647, \u00a7 63.1-220.2; 1990, c. 202; 1991, c. 364; 1995, cc. 772,\n826; 1999, c. 1028; 2000, c. 830, \u00a7 63.1-219.31; 2002, c. 747; 2010, c. 855;\n2017, c. 200.","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}}