2006 Code of Virginia § 63.2-1213 - Final order of adoption

63.2-1213. Final order of adoption.

After consideration of the report made pursuant to 63.2-1212 or aspermitted pursuant to 63.2-1210, if the circuit court is satisfied that thebest interests of the child will be served thereby, the circuit court shallenter the final order of adoption, provided that the child has been in thephysical custody of the petitioner for at least six months immediately priorto entry of the order. However, a final order of adoption shall not beentered until information has been furnished by the petitioner in compliancewith 32.1-262 unless the circuit court, for good cause shown, finds theinformation to be unavailable or unnecessary. No circuit court shall deny apetitioner a final order of adoption for the sole reason that the child wasplaced in the physical custody of the petitioner by a person not authorizedto make such placements pursuant to 63.2-1200. An attested copy of everyfinal order of adoption shall be forwarded, by the clerk of the circuit courtin which it was entered, to the Commissioner and to the child-placing agencythat placed the child or to the local director, in cases where the child wasnot placed by an agency.

(Code 1950, 63-356; 1962, c. 603; 1964, c. 429; 1968, c. 578, 63.1-230;1975, c. 364; 1981, c. 318; 1988, c. 431; 2000, c. 830, 63.1-219.20; 2002,c. 747; 2006, cc. 825, 848.)