63.2-910.1 - Acceptance of children by local departments of social services. - Virginia Statutes

§ 63.2-910.1. Acceptance of children by local departments of social services.

A local department of social services has the authority to take custody ofabandoned children, to arrange appropriate placements for abandoned children,including foster care, and to institute proceedings for the termination ofparental rights of abandoned children as provided in this title and Title16.1.

(2003, cc. 816, 822.)