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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66503</law_id><section_number>63.2-1223</section_number><catch_line>Revocation of entrustment agreement</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>63.2-1206</reference><reference>63.2-1207</reference><reference>63.2-901.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Social Services Programs</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="12">Adoption</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Agency Adoptions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A valid entrustment agreement terminating all parental rights and responsibilities to the <span class="dictionary">child</span> shall be revocable by either of the <span class="dictionary">birth parents</span> until (i) the <span class="dictionary">child</span> has reached the age of 10 days and (ii) seven days have elapsed from the date of execution of the agreement. In addition, a valid entrustment agreement shall be revocable by either of the <span class="dictionary">birth parents</span> if the <span class="dictionary">child</span> has not been placed in the physical <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of the prospective adoptive parents at the time of such <span class="dictionary">revocation</span>. <span class="dictionary">Revocation</span> of an entrustment agreement shall be in writing and signed by the revoking <span class="dictionary">party</span>. The written <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> shall be delivered to the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">child</span>-placing agency</span> or <span class="dictionary">local board</span> to which the <span class="dictionary">child</span> was originally entrusted. Delivery of the written <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> shall be made during the business day of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">child</span>-placing agency</span> or <span class="dictionary">local board</span> to which the <span class="dictionary">child</span> was originally entrusted, in accordance with the applicable time period set out in this section. If the <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> period expires on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or any day on which the agency or <span class="dictionary">local board</span> is officially closed, the <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> period shall be extended to the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or other day on which the agency or <span class="dictionary">local board</span> is officially closed. Upon <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> of the entrustment agreement, the <span class="dictionary">child</span> shall be returned to the parent revoking the agreement.</p></section></text><history>1989, c. 647, &#xA7; 63.1-220.2; 1990, c. 202; 1991, c. 364; 1995, cc. 772, 826; 1999, c. 1028; 2000, c. 830, &#xA7; 63.1-219.30; 2002, c. 747; 2006, cc. 825, 848; 2007, cc. 606, 623.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
