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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 22. Social Services
Agency 40. Department of Social Services
Chapter 131. Standards for Licensed Child-Placing Agencies
11/24/2024

22VAC40-131-540. Placements requiring legal risk agreement.

A. The licensee shall require the prospective adoptive parents to sign and date a written statement acknowledging awareness that the valid entrustment agreement may be revoked by either birth parent until:

1. The placed child has reached the age specified in § 63.2-1223 of the Code of Virginia; and

2. The number of days specified in § 63.2-1223 of the Code of Virginia have elapsed since the execution of the valid entrustment agreement.

B. The written acknowledgement statement signed by the prospective adoptive parents shall be maintained in the child's file.

C. Such a direct placement shall be recognized as a foster home placement and a foster home agreement required by this chapter shall be signed by the licensee and the foster parents.

D. The adoptive placement agreement required by this chapter shall not be signed until the child is legally free for adoption.

Statutory Authority

§§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-1734 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 28, Issue 10, eff. May 1, 2012.

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