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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69856</law_id><section_number>16.1-241.3</section_number><catch_line>Newborn children; substance abuse</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-260</reference><reference>63.2-1505</reference><reference>63.2-1506</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Jurisdiction and Venue</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon the filing of a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> alleging that an investigation has been commenced in response to a report of suspected abuse or neglect of the child based upon a factor specified in subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported by physicians, nurses, teachers, etc.; penalty for failure to report" href="/63.2-1509/">63.2-1509</a>, <span class="dictionary">the court</span> may enter any order authorized pursuant to this chapter which <span class="dictionary">the court</span> deems necessary to protect the health and welfare of the child pending final <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of the investigation pursuant to Chapter 15 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Repealed" href="/63.2-1500/">63.2-1500</a> et seq.) of Title 63.2 or other proceedings brought pursuant to this chapter. Such <span class="dictionary">orders</span> may include, but shall not be limited to, an emergency removal order pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Emergency removal order" href="/16.1-251/">16.1-251</a>, a preliminary protective order pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Preliminary protective order" href="/16.1-253/">16.1-253</a> or an order authorized pursuant to subdivisions A 1 through 4 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Abused, neglected, or abandoned children or children without parental care" href="/16.1-278.2/">16.1-278.2</a>. The <span class="dictionary">fact</span> that an order was entered pursuant to this section shall not be <span class="dictionary">admissible</span> as <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> in any criminal, civil or administrative proceeding other than a proceeding to enforce the order.
		The order shall be effective for a limited duration not to exceed the period of time necessary to conclude the investigation and any proceedings initiated pursuant to Chapter 15 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Repealed" href="/63.2-1500/">63.2-1500</a> et seq.) of Title 63.2, but shall be a <span class="dictionary">final order</span> subject to <span class="dictionary">appeal</span>.</p></section></text><history>1998, cc. 704, 716; 2002, c. 860; 2012, cc. 504, 640.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
