2010 Code of Virginia
Title 63.2 - WELFARE (SOCIAL SERVICES).
Chapter 12 - Adoption (63.2-1200 thru 63.2-1253)
63.2-1242.1 - Close relative adoption.
ยง 63.2-1242.1. Close relative adoption.
A. For the purposes of this chapter, a "close relative placement" shall be an adoption by the child's grandparent, great-grandparent, adult nephew or niece, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or adult great uncle or great aunt.
B. In a close relative placement the court may accept the written and signed consent of the birth parent(s) that is signed under oath and acknowledged by an officer authorized by law to take such acknowledgements.
(2006, cc. 825, 848.)
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