63.2-1201.1 - Previously married persons who stood in loco parentis during the time of the marriage may adopt in the same manner as married persons. - Virginia Statutes

§ 63.2-1201.1. Previously married persons who stood in loco parentis duringthe time of the marriage may adopt in the same manner as married persons.

A. A man and woman previously married to each other who stood in locoparentis to a child during their marriage to each other, and who could haveadopted or readopted the child pursuant to this chapter while married to eachother, but whose marriage is void, has been annulled or has dissolved, mayadopt or readopt the child pursuant to the provisions in this chapter thatare applicable to married persons.

B. An individual previously married to a parent of a child by birth oradoption, and who stood in loco parentis to that child during the marriage,and who could have adopted the child pursuant to § 63.2-1241 during themarriage, may, with the consent of the prior spouse who is a parent of thechild by birth or adoption, adopt the child, after the marriage has beendissolved, annulled or voided, pursuant to the provisions of this chapterthat are applicable to step-parents.

C. Any person or persons seeking to adopt or readopt pursuant to this sectionmay be permitted to do so even if they have remarried.

D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit any child to havemore than two living parents by birth or adoption, who have legal rights andobligations in respect to the child, in the form of one father and one mother.

(2008, c. 868.)