63.2-1227 - Filing of petition for agency adoption. - Virginia Statutes

§ 63.2-1227. Filing of petition for agency adoption.

A petition for the adoption of a child placed in the physical custody of thepetitioners by a child-placing agency shall be filed in the name by which thechild will be known after adoption, provided the name is followed by theregistration number of the child's original birth certificate and the stateor country in which the registration occurred unless it is verified by theregistrar of vital statistics of the state or country of birth that suchinformation is not available. In the case of a child born in another country,an affidavit by a representative of the child-placing agency that a birthcertificate number is not available may be substituted for verification by aregistrar of vital statistics for that country. The report of investigationrequired by § 63.2-1208 and, when applicable, the report required by §63.2-1212 shall be identified with the child's name as it appears on thebirth certificate, the birth registration number and the name by which thechild is to be known after the final order of adoption is entered. Thepetition for adoption shall not state the birth name of the child or identifythe birth parents unless it is specifically stated in the agency's consentthat the parties have exchanged identifying information.

A single petition for adoption under the provisions of this section shall besufficient for the concurrent adoption by the same petitioners of two or morechildren who have the same birth parent or parents, and nothing in thissection shall be construed as having heretofore required a separate petitionfor each of such children.

(Code 1950, § 63-348; 1952, c. 550; 1954, c. 489; 1956, c. 300; 1964, c. 459;1968, c. 578, § 63.1-221; 1970, c. 672; 1973, c. 406; 1975, c. 461; 1978, c.730; 1983, c. 614; 1988, c. 882; 1989, c. 647; 1991, cc. 76, 602; 1995, cc.772, 826; 2000, c. 830, § 63.1-219.34; 2002, c. 747; 2006, cc. 825, 848.)