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Adoption63.2-1200, et seq.
- adoptive parents, qualifications/bars: §63.2-901.1 ; §63.2-1201.1 ; §63.2-1205 ; §63.-2-1205.1 ; §63.2-1225 ; §63.2-1719
- adult adoption: §63.2-1243 - §63.2-1244
- agency adoption: §63.2-1221 - §63.2-1228.2
- assisted reproductive technology: §20-156 - §20-165
- attack on final order: §63.2-1216
- close relative adoption: §63.2-1242.1 - §63.2-1242.3
- consent: §63.2-1202 - §63.2-1205 ; §63.2-1243(b) ; §20-146.11
- final Order: §63.2-1213
- foster parent adoption: §63.2-1229
- home study: §63.2-1231
- Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children: §63.2-1000 - §63.2-1105
- jurisdiction; venue; filing: §63.2-1201 ; §16.1-244
- legal effect of adoption: §63.2-1210
- parental placement adoption: §63.2-1230 - §63.2-1240
- post-adoption contract and communication agreements: §63.2-1220.2 - §63.2-1220.4 ; §16.1-283.1
- probationary period, interlocutory order, order of reference – when not required: §63.2-1210
- Putative Father Registry: §63.2-1249, et seq.
- records: §63.2-1245 - §63.2 - 1247
- special needs adoption: §63.2-1200, et seq.
- stepparent adoption: §63.2-1241 - §63.2-1242
- affirmation on record: §20-155
- amendment or revocation must be in writing: § §20-153 and §20-155
- decree must accord with agreement: §20-109(c)
- incorporation of agreement in decree: §20-109.1
- marital agreements: §20-155
- premarital Agreements Act: §20-147 - §20-155
- reconciliation abrogates agreement unless otherwise provided in agreement: §20-155
- remand to juvenile court: §16.1-297
- suspension of judgment: §8.01-676.1(D)
- to circuit court: §16.1-296
- to circuit court, custody/visitation proceedings: §16.1-296.2
- to Court of Appeals: §8.01-675.3 ; S.Ct. Rule §5A:1, et seq.
- withdrawal of appeal in civil cases: §16.1-106.1
- Child Custody §20-146.33(a)
- Divorce: §20-79(b) ; §20-99(6)
- Juvenile Court: §16.1-278.19
- Lien for attorney's fees: §54.1-3932
- Pendente Lite : §20-103
- Request in Writing: §Rule 3:25
- Support arrearages: §20-78.2
- Temporary Order of Support: §20-71.1
- apart from divorce: §16.1-241(A)(3)
- appointment of guardian ad litem : §8.01-9; §16.1-266
- best interests of the child: §20-124.3
- children's health and school records: §20-124.6
- concurrent jurisdiction: §16.1-244 ; §16.1-241(A)(3)
- contents of custody/visitation order: §20-124.5 ; §16.1-278.15
- custody or psychological evaluation: §20-124.2.D ; §16.1-278.15
- Emancipation: §16.1-334
- felony to withhold child: §18.2-49.1(A)
- in divorce: §20-107.2
- interference with visitation: § §20-108
- interstate Compact on the Placement of Children: §63.2-1000, et seq.
- joint custody: § 20-124.1
- jurisdiction (J&D Court): §16.1-241 (A)(3)
- legal custody: §16.1-228 ; §20-107.2
- limitation of future filing: §20-124.2(E)
- modification: §20-108
- parent education: §20-103 ; §16.1-278.15
- participation in school activities by non-custodial parent: §22.1-4.3
- revision and alteration of decree: §20-108
- termination of Parental Rights: §16.1-283
- uniform Child Custody Jurisd: §20-146.1 - §20-146.38
- administrative support orders: §63.2-1900, et seq.
- adult child with a disability: §20-124.2
- agreement for modification: §20-109.1
- authority in divorce: §20-107.2
- cash medical support §20-60.3, §20-108.1(C), §20-108.2, §20-124.2, §63.2-1954.1, §63.2-1900
- child care costs §20-108.2(F)
- contempt proceeding Act: §20-88.32 - §20-88.82
- content of support orders: §20-60.3; §20-79.2; §16.1-278.15
- criminal non-support: §20-61 ; §16.1-241(E)
- definition of a day of custody: §20-108.2(G)(3)(c)
- dependency exemption: §20-108.1(E)
- duration, etc.: §20-124.2
- factors, deviation, and start date: §20-108.1
- gross income: §20-108.2(C)
- guidelines: §20-108.2
- health care coverage: §20-108.1(C)
- interest on arrearage: §20-78.2
- J & D Court: §16.1-241(A)(3)
- life insurance: §20.108.1(D)
- material change in circumstances: §63.2-1921.C
- modification: §20-108
- payroll deduction: §20-79.1, et seq.
- revision of decree: §20-108
- rules applicable in Cir. Ct. & J&D: §20-60.1
- uniform Interstate Family Support Act: §20-88.32 - §20-88.82
- transfer: §20-79(C)
- vocational evaluation: §20-108.1(H)
- criminal contempt for violation of custody/visitation order: §18.2-49.1
- failure to comply with support obligation: §16.1-278.16 ; §20-115
- J&D Court: §16.1-69.24
- service of process in contempt proceeding: §8.01-314
- violation of custody/visitation order: §20-124.2(E)
- violation of equitable distribution order: §20-115
- violation of pendente lite order of support: §20-71 ; §20-115
- violation of protective order: §16.1-279.1(C)
- bed and board: §20-95
- corroboration requirement: §20-99
- domicile and residential requirements: §20-97
- effect of cohabitation after knowledge of fault: §20-94
- grounds: §20-91
- how suits instituted and conducted: §20-99
- jurisdiction, circuit court: §20-96
- use of affidavits in no-fault divorce: §20-106
- motion for no fault: §20-121.02
- presumptions as to desertion and abandonment: §20-81
- privacy statute: §20-121.03
- record sealed: §20-124
- extinguishes contingent property rights: §20-111.1
- revocation of terms of will: §64.2-412
- power of attorney terminates: §64.2-1608
- after foreign decree: §20-107.3(j)
- factors: §20-107.3(e)
- marital property, definitions: §20-107.3(A)(2)
- post marital/post separation property definitions: §20-107.3(M)(3)
- retirement accounts: §20-107.3(G)
- separate property definition: §20-107.3(A)(1)
- valuation date: §20-107.3(A)
- augmented estate: §64.2-305
- elective share: §64.2-304
- rights barred by abandonment: §64.2-308
- rights in family residence: §64.2-307
- when omitted spouse to take intestate share: §64.2-422
- admission (in civil proceedings) of evidence of sexual acts with children: §63.2-1522
- Blue Book value as evidence: §8.01-419.1
- from clergy §8.01-400
- from doctor or mental health profession: §8.01-399 ; §8.01-499.2 ; §20-124.3:1 ; §8.01-413 ; §63.2-1519
- GPS (civil): §46.2-1088.6
- GPS (criminal): §18.2-60.5
- husband and wife: §20-82; §8.01-398 ; §19.2-271.2; §63.2-1519
- judicial records as evidence: §8.01-389
- market quotations as evidence: : §8.2-724
- non-judicial records as evidence: §8.01-390
- opinion testimony by experts; hearsay exception: §8.01-401.1
- “recent complaint” hearsay exception: §19.2-268.2
- school records as evidence: §8.01-390.1
- self-incrimination: §20-82
- spoliation of evidence: §8.01 -379.2:1
- testimony by child: §20-124.2:1 ; §8.01-396.1
- testimony by video/telephone: §17.1-513.2 ; §19.2-3.1
- use of affidavits in no-fault divorce: §20-106
- use of recorded telephone conversations as evidence: §8.01-420.2
- use of transcripts as evidence: §8.01-420.3
- use of videotaped statements of complaining witnesses as evidence: §63.2-1523
- appointment: §16.1-266(D) ; §8.01-9
- persons under disability §8.01-2.6 ; §8.01-9
- §Rule 8:6 of Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia
- appeal: §16.1-296
- concurrent juris, w/cir. ct.: §16.1-244
- content of petition: §16.1-262
- discovery: §Rule 8:15
- jurisdiction: §16.1-244
- remand after appeal: §16.1-297
- transfer from Circuit Court: §20-79(c)
- in child support: §20-108.1(D)
- in equitable distribution: §20-107.3(G)(2)
- in spousal support: §20-107.1:1
- pendente lite relief: §20-103
- minimum age of marriage: §20-48
- prohibitions: §20-38.1 - §20-43 ; §20-45.2 ; §20-45.3
- void marriages: §20-43; §20-45.1
- when consent required/how given: §20-49
- content of custody/visitation orders: §20-124.5 ; §16.1-278.15
- content of support orders (child and spousal): §20-60.3 ; §20-79.2 ; §16.1-278.15
- content of support orders (spousal only): §20-60.3 ; §20-107.1 ; §16.1-278.15
- notice of presentation: §20-99.1:1 ; §8.01-428 ; §Rule 1:13
- revocation of death benefits by divorce or annulment: §20-111.1
- revision and alteration – custody and support: §20-108
- transfer of jurisdiction to J & D Court: §20-79
- judgment interest: §6.2-302 ; §8.01-382
- termination §16.1-283
- family abuse: §16.1-228
- order of protection: §16.1-279.1
- pendente lite relief: §20-103
- preliminary protective order: §16.1-253.1
- circuit court: §20-103
- definition of family abuse: §16.1-228
- jurisdiction: §16.1-241(m)
- preliminary protective order: §16.1-253.1
- protective order: §16.1-279.1 ; §20-103(B)
- acceptance/waiver of service/notice: §20-99.1:1
- convict defendant: §8.01-297
- long-arm jurisdiction: §8.01-328.1
- personal service if paternity an issue: §20-61.3
- personal service outside of Virginia §8.01-320
- pro se party: §8.01-319(A)
- cohabitation: §20-109.A
- consider all evidence: §20-108.1
- content of orders: §20-60.3 ; §20-107.1 ; §16.1-278.15
- contract: §20-109.C ; §20-109.1
- formula for pendente lite support: §16.1-278.17:1
- interest on arrearage: §20-78.2
- J & D Court: §16.1-241(L)
- life insurance: §20-107-1:1
- modification: §20-109
- reservation: §20-107.1.D
- rules and factors: §20-107.1
- spousal liability for emergency medical care: §8.01-220.2
- statutory notices: §20-107.1(H)
- to cease on remarriage: §20-110 ; §20-109D
- to cease upon death or remarriage: §20-109.1
- transfer: §20-79(C)
- Uniform Interstate Family Support Act: §20-88.32 - §20-88.82
- vocational evaluation: §20-108.1(H)
- 20 years to enforce judgment: §8.01-251
- copies of subpoenaed documents to be provided: §8.01-417 B
- notice/subpoena duces tecum for medical records: §32.1-127.1:03
- child care costs-credits/deductions: §20-108.2(F)
- dependency exemption: §20-108.1.E
- motion to strike: §8.01-282
- desertion and non-support: §20-67
- divorce: §8.01-261(19)
- family abuse: §16.1-243(A)(3)
- juvenile court: §16.1-243
- support – J & D: §16.1-243(A)(2)
- transfer: §16.1-243(B)(3)