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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71740</law_id><section_number>63.2-1501</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-162.15:1.14</reference><reference>32.1-162.15:1.16</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="15">Child Abuse and Neglect</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Court</span>&#x201D; means the juvenile and domestic relations district <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the county or city.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Prevention</span>&#x201D; means efforts that (i) promote health and competence in people and (ii) create, promote and strengthen environments that nurture people in their development.</p></section></text><history>1975, c. 341, &#xA7; 63.1-248.2; 1981, c. 123; 1986, c. 308; 1990, c. 760; 1995, c. 520; 2000, c. 500; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
