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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 825<\/a> and 848<\/a> 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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter 377<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70188,"section_number":"63.2-1243","catch_line":"Adoption of certain persons eighteen years of age or over","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1243\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":271587,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68832,"identifier":"63.2-1242.1","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/4.1\/63.2-1242.1","url":"\/63.2-1242.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1242.1\/","token":"63.2\/III\/12\/4.1\/63.2-1242.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Relative adoption","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1242.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For the purposes of this chapter, a “close relative placement” shall be an adoption by the child<\/span>’s grandparent, great-grandparent, adult nephew or niece, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, adult great uncle or great aunt, stepparent, adult stepbrother or stepsisters, or other adult relatives of the child<\/span> by marriage or adoption. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In a close relative placement the court<\/span> may accept the written and signed consent of the birth parent<\/span>(s) that is signed under oath<\/span> and acknowledged by an officer authorized by law<\/span> to take such acknowledgments. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRELATIVE ADOPTION (\u00a7 63.2-1242.1)\n\nA. For the purposes of this chapter, a “close relative placement”\nshall be an adoption by the child’s grandparent, great-grandparent, adult\nnephew or niece, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, adult great uncle\nor great aunt, stepparent, adult stepbrother or stepsisters, or other adult\nrelatives of the child by marriage or adoption.\n\nB. In a close relative placement the court may accept the written and signed\nconsent of the birth parent(s) that is signed under oath and acknowledged by an\nofficer authorized by law to take such acknowledgments.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, cc. 825, 848; 2019, c. 377.","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}}