2006 Code of Virginia § 16.1-302.1 - Right of victim or representative to attend certain proceedings; notice of hearings

16.1-302.1. Right of victim or representative to attend certainproceedings; notice of hearings.

During proceedings involving petitions or warrants alleging that a juvenileis delinquent, including proceedings on appeal, a victim may remain in thecourtroom and shall not be excluded unless the court determines in itsdiscretion, that the presence of the victim would impair the conduct of afair trial. In any such case involving a minor victim, the court may permitan adult chosen by the minor victim to be present in the courtroom during theproceedings in addition to or in lieu of the minor's parent or guardian.

The attorney for the Commonwealth shall give prior notice of any suchproceedings and changes in the scheduling thereof to any known victim and toany known adult chosen in accordance with this section by a minor victim atthe address or telephone number, or both, provided in writing by such persons.

(1996, cc. 755, 914; 2000, c. 339.)