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2021 Code of Virginia
Title 2.2 - Administration of Government
Chapter 4.4 - Office of the Children's Ombudsman
- § 2.2-438. Definitions
- § 2.2-439. Children's Ombudsman; establishment; appointment; removal
- § 2.2-440. Procedures; training; complaint; investigation; notification of safety concerns
- § 2.2-441. Individuals making complaint to Children's Ombudsman
- § 2.2-442. Children's Ombudsman; powers
- § 2.2-443. Victim of child abuse or child neglect; powers of Children's Ombudsman; child fatality cases; investigation
- § 2.2-444. Decision to investigate; notice; pursuing administrative remedies or channels of complaint; further investigation; violation of state or federal criminal law; complaint against child-placing agency; petition requesting court jurisdiction or termination of parental rights
- § 2.2-445. Department and child-placing agency; duties; information to be provided to biological parent, adoptive parent, or foster parent; access to departmental computer networks
- § 2.2-446. Confidentiality of record of Children's Ombudsman; disclosure; limitations; release of certain information
- § 2.2-447. Report of findings; recommendations; consultation with individual, Department, local department, or child-placing agency; publication of adverse opinion; notice of actions; information provided to complainant; child fatality investigation; report
- § 2.2-448. Penalty for filing complaint or cooperating in investigation prohibited
- § 2.2-449. Children's Advocacy Fund
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