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2018 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 63.2-1229 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 63.2-1229. Foster parent adoption.
When a foster parent who has a child placed in the foster
parents' home by a licensed or duly authorized child-placing agency desires to
adopt the child and (i) the child-placing agency holding custody of the
child consents to the adoption after the child has resided in the home of such
foster parent continuously for at least six months or the child-placing agency
holding custody of the child does not consent to the adoption and the child
has resided in the home of such foster parent continuously for at least
eighteen 18 months and (ii) the birth parents' rights to the child
have been terminated, the circuit court shall accept the petition filed by the
foster parent and shall order a thorough investigation of the matter to be made
pursuant to § 63.2-1208. The circuit court may refer the matter for
investigation to a licensed or duly authorized child-placing agency other than
the agency holding custody of the child. Upon completion of the investigation
and report and filing of the consent of the agency holding custody of the child,
or upon the finding contemplated by § 63.2-1205, the circuit court may enter a
final order of adoption waiving visitation requirements, if the circuit court
determines that the adoption is in the best interests of the child.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.