                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERSONS WHO MAY BRING ACTION; PERSONS AGAINST WHOM ACTIONS MAY BE BROUGHT;
DAMAGES RECOVERABLE (§ 8.01-227.5)

A. A parent or legal custodian may bring an action for damages incurred because
of his child&#8217;s unlawful use of a controlled substance while under the age
of eighteen against a natural person age eighteen years or older who sold,
administered, furnished or knowingly participated in the unlawful distribution
of a controlled substance to the child.

B. A parent or legal custodian entitled to bring an action under this article
may recover damages limited to physical and emotional pain and suffering, the
cost of treatment and rehabilitation and medical expenses, proximately caused to
the parent or legal custodian by the child&#8217;s unlawful use of a controlled
substance.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 863.