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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 341 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 1975 \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 1976, chapter 186; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":271827,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73120,"identifier":"63.2-1524","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/4\/63.2-1524","url":"\/63.2-1524\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1524\/","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/4\/63.2-1524","dublin_core":{"Title":"Court may order certain examinations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1524","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The court<\/span> may order<\/span> psychological, psychiatric and physical examinations of the child<\/span> alleged to be abused or neglected and of the parents, guardians, caretakers or siblings<\/span> of a child<\/span> suspected of being neglected or abused.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOURT MAY ORDER CERTAIN EXAMINATIONS (\u00a7 63.2-1524)\n\nThe court may order psychological, psychiatric and physical examinations of the\nchild alleged to be abused or neglected and of the parents, guardians,\ncaretakers or siblings of a child suspected of being neglected or abused.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 341, \u00a7 63.1-248.14; 1976, c. 186; 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}}