63.2-1245 - Separate order book, file and index of adoption cases; to whom available; permanent retention. - Virginia Statutes

§ 63.2-1245. Separate order book, file and index of adoption cases; to whomavailable; permanent retention.

Each circuit court clerk shall establish and maintain a separate andexclusive order book, file and index of adoption cases, none of which shallbe exposed to public view but which shall be made available by such clerk toattorneys of record, social service officials, court officials, and to suchother persons as the circuit court shall direct in specific cases by order ofthe 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 statearchival standards and such microfilm shall be available for examination tothose persons listed above. The clerk shall further provide security negativemicrofilm copies of such records for storage in the Archives and RecordsDivision 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.)