2006 Code of Virginia § 63.2-1209 - Entry of interlocutory order

63.2-1209. Entry of interlocutory order.

If, after considering the home study or any required report, the circuitcourt is satisfied that all of the applicable requirements have been compliedwith, that the petitioner is financially able to maintain adequately, exceptas provided in Chapter 13 ( 63.2-1300 et seq.) of this title, and is morallysuitable and a proper person to care for and train the child, that the childis suitable for adoption by the petitioner, and that the best interests ofthe child will be promoted by the adoption, it shall enter an interlocutoryorder of adoption declaring that henceforth, subject to the probationaryperiod hereinafter provided for and to the provisions of the final order ofadoption, the child will be, to all intents and purposes, the child of thepetitioner. If the petition includes a prayer for a change of the child'sname and the circuit court is satisfied that such change is in the bestinterests of the child, upon entry of final order, the name of the childshall be changed. An attested copy of every interlocutory order of adoptionshall be forwarded forthwith by the clerk of the circuit court in which itwas entered to the Commissioner and to the licensed or duly authorizedchild-placing agency or the local director that prepared the required homestudy or report.

If the circuit court denies the petition for adoption and if it appears tothe circuit court that the child is without proper care, custody orguardianship, the circuit court may, in its discretion, appoint a guardianfor the child or commit the child to a custodial agency as provided for in 16.1-278.2, 16.1-278.3 and 31-5, respectively.

(Code 1950, 63-352; 1954, c. 489; 1964, c. 429; 1968, c. 578, 63.1-226;1974, c. 507; 1975, c. 364; 1989, c. 647; 1991, c. 534; 1992, c. 607; 2000,c. 830, 63.1-219.16; 2002, c. 747.)