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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76454</law_id><section_number>63.2-1236</section_number><catch_line>Duty of Department to disseminate information</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="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="3">Parental Placement Adoptions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall develop and disseminate information to the public regarding the provisions of <span class="dictionary">parental placement</span> adoptions, including the desirability of initiating the procedures required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Requirements of a parental placement adoption; exception" href="/63.2-1232/">63.2-1232</a> as early in the placement and adoption process as possible to ensure that <span class="dictionary">birth parents</span> are aware of the provisions of this <span class="dictionary">law</span> and begin required procedures in a timely manner.</p></section></text><history>1989, c. 647, &#xA7; 63.1-220.3; 1991, cc. 364, 602; 1992, c. 125; 1993, cc. 338, 553; 1995, cc. 772, 826; 1999, c. 1028; 2000, c. 830, &#xA7; 63.1-219.43; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
