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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 7 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 1991, chapters 364 and 602; in 1992, chapter 125; in 1993, chapters 338 and 553; in 1995, chapters 772<\/a> and 826<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 1028<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 830<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75426,"section_number":"63.2-1232","catch_line":"Requirements of a parental placement adoption; exception","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1232\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271555,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76454,"identifier":"63.2-1236","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/3\/63.2-1236","url":"\/63.2-1236\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1236\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/3\/63.2-1236","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duty of Department to disseminate information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1236","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall develop and disseminate information to the public regarding the provisions of parental placement<\/span> adoptions, including the desirability of initiating the procedures required by \u00a7 63.2-1232<\/a> as early in the placement and adoption process as possible to ensure that birth parents<\/span> are aware of the provisions of this law<\/span> and begin required procedures in a timely manner.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTY OF DEPARTMENT TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION (\u00a7 63.2-1236)\n\nThe Department shall develop and disseminate information to the public regarding\nthe provisions of parental placement adoptions, including the desirability of\ninitiating the procedures required by \u00a7 63.2-1232 as early in the placement and\nadoption process as possible to ensure that birth parents are aware of the\nprovisions of this law and begin required procedures in a timely manner.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 647, \u00a7 63.1-220.3; 1991, cc. 364, 602; 1992, c. 125; 1993,\ncc. 338, 553; 1995, cc. 772, 826; 1999, c. 1028; 2000, c. 830, \u00a7 63.1-219.43;\n2002, 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}}