                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM; APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE (§
9.1-151)

A. There is established a Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program (the Program)
that shall be administered by the Department. The Program shall provide services
in accordance with this article to children who are subjects of judicial
proceedings (i) involving allegations that the child is abused, neglected, in
need of services, or in need of supervision or (ii) for the restoration of
parental rights pursuant to &#xA7; 16.1-283.2 and for whom the juvenile and
domestic relations district court judge determines such services are
appropriate. Court-Appointed Special Advocate volunteer appointments may
continue for youth 18 years of age and older who are in foster care if the court
has retained jurisdiction pursuant to subsection Z of &#xA7; 16.1-241 or &#xA7;
16.1-242 and the juvenile and domestic relations district court judge determines
such services are appropriate. The Department shall adopt regulations necessary
and appropriate for the administration of the Program.

B. The Board shall appoint an Advisory Committee to the Court-Appointed Special
Advocate Program, consisting of 15 members, one of whom shall be a judge of the
juvenile and domestic relations district court or circuit court, knowledgeable
of court matters, child welfare, and juvenile justice issues and representative
of both state and local interests. The duties of the Advisory Committee shall be
to advise the Board on all matters relating to the Program and the needs of the
clients served by the Program, and to make such recommendations as it may deem
desirable.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 752, § 9-173.6; 1994, c. 24; 2001, c. 844; 2013, cc. 338,
685; 2014, c. 636; 2016, c. 202; 2020, cc. 95, 732.