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HB138: Adoption; filing of petition.
Chief Patron
Del.
Chris Peace (R-97)
Chris Peace
(R-97)
Mechanicsville, VA
Served: 2006–
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Status
03/02/2008: signed by governor
Summary
Filing of petition for adoption. Provides that a petition filed while a child is under 18 years of age shall not become invalid because the child reaches 18 years of age prior to the entry of a final order of adoption and that any final order of adoption entered after a child reaches 18 years of age, where the petition was filed prior to the child turning 18 years of age, shall have the same effect as if the child was under 18 years of age at the time the order was entered by the circuit court.
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Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/17/2008, 02/01/2008, 02/01/2008, 02/04/2008, 02/04/2008, 02/05/2008, 02/06/2008, 02/06/2008, 02/07/2008, 02/07/2008, 02/18/2008, 02/18/2008, 02/19/2008, 02/19/2008, 02/20/2008, 02/21/2008 and 02/25/2008.
Poll Results
4 votes
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Comments
this is just another 'branch' reaching out to nab a person for child support...and get it 'backdated'.
i think that this bill was good because it is helping kids to get adopted without having to worry about time because of how long the process may take and then they wont have any legal guardian because the process took too long
The idea for House Bill 138, which unanimously passed the Virginia General Assembly, initially came from constituents of Del. Peace who live in Caroline County.
Specifically, a family desired to adopt a young woman who turned eighteen during the process of petitioning for adoption. Unfortunately the courts invalidated their petition because the child reached majority age prior to the final order of adoption. The measure provides that a petition filed while a child is under 18 years of age shall not become invalid because the child reaches 18 years of age prior to the entry of a final order of adoption.
According to the Virginia Department of Social Services, in 2007, 8,173 children were in foster care in Virginia.