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Such agency or local board shall provide information to the birth parent(s) regarding the parental placement adoption and agency adoption provisions and shall provide the birth parent the opportunity to be represented by independent legal counsel as well as counseling with a social worker, family-services specialist, or other qualified equivalent worker. No person shall charge, pay, give, or agree to give or accept any money, property, services, or other thing of value in connection with such adoption except as provided in \u00a7 63.2-1218.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":217717,"text":"When a licensed child-placing agency or a local board is requested to accept custody of a child for the purpose of placing the child with adoptive parent(s) recommended by the birth parent(s) or a person other than a licensed child-placing agency or local board, either the parental placement adoption provisions or the agency adoption provisions of this chapter shall apply to such placement at the election of the birth parent(s). Such agency or local board shall provide information to the birth parent(s) regarding the parental placement adoption and agency adoption provisions and shall provide the birth parent the opportunity to be represented by independent legal counsel as well as counseling with a social worker, family-services specialist, or other qualified equivalent worker. 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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 9 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 2006, chapters 654<\/a> and 825<\/a>; in 2007, chapters 606<\/a> and 623<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 285<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86942,"section_number":"63.2-1218","catch_line":"Certain exchange of property, advertisement, solicitation prohibited; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1218\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271509,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59404,"identifier":"63.2-1226","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/2\/63.2-1226","url":"\/63.2-1226\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1226\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/2\/63.2-1226","dublin_core":{"Title":"When birth parents recommend adoptive parents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1226","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When a licensed child<\/span>-placing agency<\/span> or a local board<\/span> is requested to accept custody<\/span> of a child<\/span> for the purpose of placing the child<\/span> with adoptive parent(s) recommended by the birth parent<\/span>(s) or a person other than a licensed child<\/span>-placing agency<\/span> or local board<\/span>, either the parental placement<\/span> adoption provisions or the agency adoption provisions of this chapter shall apply to such placement at the election of the birth parent<\/span>(s). Such agency or local board<\/span> shall provide information to the birth parent<\/span>(s) regarding the parental placement<\/span> adoption and agency adoption provisions and shall provide the birth parent<\/span> the opportunity to be represented by independent legal counsel<\/span> as well as counseling with a social worker, family-services specialist, or other qualified equivalent worker. No person shall charge, pay, give, or agree to give or accept any money, property, services, or other thing of value in connection with such adoption except as provided in \u00a7 63.2-1218<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN BIRTH PARENTS RECOMMEND ADOPTIVE PARENTS (\u00a7 63.2-1226)\n\nWhen a licensed child-placing agency or a local board is requested to accept\ncustody of a child for the purpose of placing the child with adoptive parent(s)\nrecommended by the birth parent(s) or a person other than a licensed\nchild-placing agency or local board, either the parental placement adoption\nprovisions or the agency adoption provisions of this chapter shall apply to such\nplacement at the election of the birth parent(s). Such agency or local board\nshall provide information to the birth parent(s) regarding the parental\nplacement adoption and agency adoption provisions and shall provide the birth\nparent the opportunity to be represented by independent legal counsel as well as\ncounseling with a social worker, family-services specialist, or other qualified\nequivalent worker. No person shall charge, pay, give, or agree to give or accept\nany money, property, services, or other thing of value in connection with such\nadoption except as provided in \u00a7 63.2-1218.\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 63.1-219.33; 2002, c. 747; 2006, cc. 654,\n825; 2007, cc. 606, 623; 2014, c. 285.","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}}