Code of Virginia - Title 63.2 Welfare (Social Services) - Section 63.2-1214 Annual review of pending petitions for adoption; duty of Commissioner and circuit court cler...

§ 63.2-1214. Annual review of pending petitions for adoption; duty of Commissioner and circuit court cler...

After the expiration of twelve months from the date of the entry of the last order upon a petition for adoption, except when the last order entered is a final order of adoption, it shall be the responsibility of the Commissioner to notify the clerk of the circuit court of all adoption cases that have been pending for a period of more than twelve months, and the clerk of the circuit court shall place on the docket all such cases for review by the circuit court as soon as practicable.

(1976, c. 353, § 63.1-230.1; 2000, c. 830, § 63.1-219.21; 2002, c. 747.)

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