2006 Code of Virginia § 63.2-1230 - Placement of children by parent or guardian

63.2-1230. Placement of children by parent or guardian.

The birth parent or legal guardian of a child may place his child foradoption directly with the adoptive parents of his choice. Consent to theproposed adoption shall be executed upon compliance with the provisions ofthis chapter before a juvenile and domestic relations district court or, ifthe birth parent or legal guardian does not reside in Virginia, before acourt having jurisdiction over child custody matters in the jurisdictionwhere the birth parent or legal guardian resides when requested by a juvenileand domestic relations district court of this Commonwealth, pursuant to 20-146.11. Consent proceedings shall be advanced on the juvenile and domesticrelations district court docket so as to be heard by the court within tendays of filing of the petition, or as soon thereafter as practicable so as toprovide the earliest possible disposition.

(1989, c. 647, 63.1-220.3; 1991, cc. 364, 602; 1992, c. 125; 1993, cc. 338,553; 1995, cc. 772, 826; 1999, c. 1028; 2000, c. 830, 63.1-219.37; 2001, c.305; 2002, c. 747.)