2015 Code of Virginia
Title 16.1 - Courts Not of Record
§ 16.1-261. Statements made at intake or mental health screening and assessment

VA Code § 16.1-261 (2015) What's This?

Statements made by a child to the intake officer or probation officer during the intake process or during a mental health screening or assessment conducted pursuant to ยง 16.1-248.2 and prior to a hearing on the merits of the petition filed against the child, shall not be admissible at any stage of the proceedings.

1977, c. 559; 1996, cc. 755, 914.

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