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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 733 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2000, chapter 830<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82245,"section_number":"63.2-1000","catch_line":"Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; form of compact","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271571,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78297,"identifier":"63.2-1240","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/3\/63.2-1240","url":"\/63.2-1240\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1240\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/3\/63.2-1240","dublin_core":{"Title":"Court issuing order deemed sending agency under Interstate Compact on Placement of Children","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1240","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When a petitioner moves outside the Commonwealth after the entry of an interlocutory order<\/span> of adoption but prior to the entry of a final order<\/span> of adoption and the child<\/span> was not placed by a child<\/span>-placing agency<\/span>, the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> issuing the interlocutory order<\/span> shall be deemed the sending agency for the purposes of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children authorized pursuant to the provisions of \u00a7 63.2-1000<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOURT ISSUING ORDER DEEMED SENDING AGENCY UNDER INTERSTATE COMPACT ON PLACEMENT\nOF CHILDREN (\u00a7 63.2-1240)\n\nWhen a petitioner moves outside the Commonwealth after the entry of an\ninterlocutory order of adoption but prior to the entry of a final order of\nadoption and the child was not placed by a child-placing agency, the circuit\ncourt issuing the interlocutory order shall be deemed the sending agency for the\npurposes of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children authorized\npursuant to the provisions of \u00a7 63.2-1000.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 733, \u00a7 63.1-226.1; 2000, c. 830, \u00a7 63.1-219.47; 2002, c.\n747.","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}}