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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83429</law_id><section_number>16.1-242.1</section_number><catch_line>Retention of jurisdiction; appeals involving children in foster care</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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 <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> to the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> court of any case involving a child placed in foster care and in any <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> to <span class="dictionary">the Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span> or Supreme Court of Virginia, the <span class="dictionary">juvenile court</span> shall retain <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to continue to hear <span class="dictionary">petitions</span> filed pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Foster care review" href="/16.1-282/">16.1-282</a> and <a class="law" title="Permanency planning hearing for children in foster care" href="/16.1-282.1/">16.1-282.1</a>. <span class="dictionary">Orders</span> of the <span class="dictionary">juvenile court</span> in such cases shall continue to be reviewed and enforced by the <span class="dictionary">juvenile court</span> until the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> court, Court of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span> or Supreme Court rules otherwise.</p></section></text><history>1998, c. 550.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
