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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62629</law_id><section_number>16.1-348</section_number><catch_line>Availability of judge</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>37.2-803</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="16">Psychiatric Treatment of Minors Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">chief judge</span> of every juvenile and domestic relations district <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall establish and require that a judge be available seven days a week, 24 hours a day, for the purpose of performing the duties established by this article. Such judge shall have the authority to perform the duties established by this article.</p></section></text><history>1990, c. 975; 2005, c. 716; 2007, cc. 500, 897.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
