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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73120</law_id><section_number>63.2-1524</section_number><catch_line>Court may order certain examinations</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="15">Child Abuse and Neglect</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Procedures</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">court</span> may <span class="dictionary">order</span> psychological, psychiatric and physical examinations of the <span class="dictionary">child</span> alleged to be abused or neglected and of the parents, guardians, caretakers or <span class="dictionary">siblings</span> of a <span class="dictionary">child</span> suspected of being neglected or abused.</p></section></text><history>1975, c. 341, &#xA7; 63.1-248.14; 1976, c. 186; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
