§ 63.2-1245. Separate order book, file and index of adoption cases; to whom available; permanent retentio...
Each circuit court clerk shall establish and maintain a separate and exclusive order book, file and index of adoption cases, none of which shall be exposed to public view but which shall be made available by such clerk to attorneys of record, social service officials, court officials, and to such other persons as the circuit court shall direct in specific cases by order of the circuit court entered in accordance with § 63.2-1246.
Such records shall be retained permanently in original form or on microfilm. Such microfilm and microphotographic process and equipment shall meet state archival standards and such microfilm shall be available for examination to those persons listed above. The clerk shall further provide security negative microfilm copies of such records for storage in the Archives and Records Division of The Library of Virginia.
(Code 1950, § 63-359.1; 1952, c. 420; 1968, cc. 35, 578, § 63.1-235; 1981, cc. 435, 637; 1994, c. 64; 2000, c. 830, § 63.1-219.52; 2002, c. 747.)
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