{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-63.2-1213","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 63.2-1213","heading":"Final order of adoption","body":"After consideration of the report made pursuant to § 63.2-1212 or as permitted pursuant to § 63.2-1210, if the circuit court is satisfied that the best interests of the child will be served thereby, the circuit court shall enter the final order of adoption. However, a final order of adoption shall not be entered until information has been furnished by the petitioner in compliance with § 32.1-262 unless the circuit court, for good cause shown, finds the information to be unavailable or unnecessary. No circuit court shall deny a petitioner a final order of adoption for the sole reason that the child was placed in the physical custody of the petitioner by a person not authorized to make such placements pursuant to § 63.2-1200. An attested copy of every final order of adoption shall be forwarded, by the clerk of the circuit court in which it was entered, to the Commissioner and to the child-placing agency that placed the child or to the local director, in cases where the child was not placed by an agency.Code 1950, § 63-356; 1962, c. 603; 1964, c. 429; 1968, c. 578, § 63.1-230; 1975, c. 364; 1981, c. 318; 1988, c. 431; 2000, c. 830, § 63.1-219.20; 2002, c. 747; 2006, cc. 825, 848; 2007, cc. 606, 623.","path":["Title 63.2. WELFARE (SOCIAL SERVICES)","Subtitle III. SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS","Chapter 12. ADOPTION","Article 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/63.2-1213/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:18:09Z","sha256":"c6e833d8c8e2d827624301797ddad1969cd84c284ab4fd4374963c7da33e0cc7","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-63.2-1212","next":"us-va/va.-code-63.2-1214"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}