                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RELATIVE ADOPTION (§ 63.2-1242.1)

A. For the purposes of this chapter, a &#8220;close relative placement&#8221;
shall be an adoption by the child&#8217;s grandparent, great-grandparent, adult
nephew or niece, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, adult great uncle
or great aunt, stepparent, adult stepbrother or stepsisters, or other adult
relatives of the child by marriage or adoption.

B. In a close relative placement the court may accept the written and signed
consent of the birth parent(s) that is signed under oath and acknowledged by an
officer authorized by law to take such acknowledgments.

HISTORY: 2006, cc. 825, 848; 2019, c. 377.