                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CHILDREN FROM OTHER STATES AND COUNTRIES (§ 63.2-1104)

A. Any child-placing agency or court that brings or sends, or causes to be
brought or sent, a nonresident child into Virginia for the purpose of an
interstate placement shall comply with the regulations and procedures adopted by
the Board for the administration of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of
Children (&#xA7; 63.2-1000 et seq.) regardless of whether the state from which
the child is sent is a party to the compact. The agency shall also comply with
all the regulations of the Board relating to nonresident children so brought or
sent into the Commonwealth. Intercountry placements made by licensed
child-placing agencies, courts, or other entities are subject to regulations
prescribed by the Board.

B. The Board is authorized to adopt regulations for the bringing or sending of
such children into the Commonwealth by child-placing agencies or courts for the
purpose of an interstate placement, and for the care, maintenance, supervision
and control of all children so brought or sent into the Commonwealth until they
have been adopted, attained their majority, or have been otherwise lawfully
discharged or released, as are reasonably conducive to the welfare of such
children and as comply with the provisions of the Interstate Compact on the
Placement of Children (&#xA7; 63.2-1000 et seq.).

C. In situations where a custodial parent identifies an urgent need for
assistance or relief, the parent may, in cooperation with the receiving
children&#8217;s residential facility, place a child prior to final approval of
the placement pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
when the placement is made without the involvement of a public officer or
agency.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 63-245; 1968, c. 578, § 63.1-207; 1975, c. 406; 1977, c.
645; 1980, c. 40; 1981, c. 75; 2002, c. 747; 2012, cc. 82, 773; 2013, c. 720.