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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1968, chapter 578; in 1974, chapter 26; in 2000, chapter 830<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58081,"section_number":"63.2-1208","catch_line":"Investigations; report to circuit court","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1208\/"},{"id":83198,"section_number":"63.2-1246","catch_line":"Disposition of reports; disclosure of information as to identity of birth family","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1246\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271567,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71186,"identifier":"63.2-1239","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/3\/63.2-1239","url":"\/63.2-1239\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1239\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/3\/63.2-1239","dublin_core":{"Title":"Return of copies furnished to counsel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1239","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any copy of the report required by \u00a7 63.2-1208<\/a> to be furnished to counsel<\/span> of record representing the adopting parent or parents shall, upon the entry of a final order<\/span> of adoption, or other final disposition<\/span> of the matter, be returned by such counsel<\/span>, without having been duplicated, to the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in which final disposition<\/span> of the matter is had, to be disposed of as is required by \u00a7 63.2-1246<\/a> for the return of the original report.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETURN OF COPIES FURNISHED TO COUNSEL (\u00a7 63.2-1239)\n\nAny copy of the report required by \u00a7 63.2-1208 to be furnished to counsel of\nrecord representing the adopting parent or parents shall, upon the entry of a\nfinal order of adoption, or other final disposition of the matter, be returned\nby such counsel, without having been duplicated, to the clerk of the circuit\ncourt in which final disposition of the matter is had, to be disposed of as is\nrequired by \u00a7 63.2-1246 for the return of the original report.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 63-350; 1968, c. 578, \u00a7 63.1-224; 1974, c. 26; 2000, c.\n830, \u00a7 63.1-219.46; 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}}