                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONTENTS OF COMPACTS (§ 63.2-1403)

A. A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter
shall have the following content:

   1. A provision making it available for joinder by all states.

   2. A provision or provisions for withdrawal from the compact upon written
   notice to the parties, but with a period of one year between the date of the
   notice and the effective date of the withdrawal.

   3. A requirement that the protections afforded by or pursuant to the compact
   continue in force for the duration of the adoption assistance and be
   applicable to all children and their adoptive parents who, on the effective
   date of the withdrawal, are receiving adoption assistance from a party state
   other than the one in which they are resident and have their principal place
   of abode.

   4. A requirement that each instance of adoption assistance to which the
   compact applies be covered by an adoption assistance agreement in writing
   between the adoptive parents and the child welfare agency of the state which
   undertakes to provide the adoption assistance, and further, that any such
   agreement be expressly for the benefit of the adopted child and enforceable by
   the adoptive parents and the state agency providing the adoption assistance.

   5. Such other provisions as may be appropriate to implement the proper
   administration of the compact.

B. A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter
may contain the following provisions in addition to those required pursuant to
subsection A:

   1. Provisions establishing procedures and entitlements to medical,
   developmental, child care or other social services for the child in accordance
   with applicable laws, even though the child and the adoptive parents are in a
   state other than the one responsible for or providing the services or the
   funds to defray part or all of the costs thereof.

   2. Such other provisions as may be appropriate or incidental to the proper
   administration of the compact.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 154, § 63.1-238.9; 2002, c. 747.