32.1-262 - Records of adoptions.
§ 32.1-262. Records of adoptions.
A. For each adoption decreed by a court in this Commonwealth, the court shallrequire the preparation of a report of adoption on a form furnished by theState Registrar. The report shall (i) include such facts as are necessary tolocate and identify the original certificate of birth of the person adoptedor, in the case of a person who was born in a foreign country, evidence fromsources determined to be reliable by the court as to the date, place of birthand parentage of such person; (ii) provide information necessary to establisha new certificate of birth of the person adopted; and (iii) identify theorder of adoption and be certified by the clerk of court.
B. Information in the possession of the petitioner necessary to prepare thereport of adoption shall be furnished with the petition for adoption by eachpetitioner for adoption or by his attorney. In all cases where a child isplaced for adoption by a child-placing agency, the report shall be completedand filed with the court by a representative of the agency. A final order ofadoption shall not be entered until the information required by this sectionhas been furnished unless the court, for good cause shown, finds theinformation to be unavailable or unnecessary.
C. On or before the tenth day of each month, the clerk of such court shallforward to the State Registrar all records of decrees of adoption entered inthe preceding calendar month, together with such related reports as the StateRegistrar may require.
D. When the State Registrar receives a report of adoption, annulment ofadoption, amendment, or amendment of a decree of adoption for a person bornoutside this Commonwealth, such report shall be forwarded to the appropriateregistration authority in the state of birth. When the State Registrarreceives a report of adoption from a court in this Commonwealth for a personborn in a foreign country, a birth certificate shall be registered for suchperson in accordance with the provisions of § 32.1-261, and a copy of thereport of adoption shall be transmitted to the appropriate federal agency.
(Code 1950, § 32-353.32; 1964, c. 99; 1977, cc. 135, 531; 1979, c. 711; 1983,c. 240; 1988, c. 431; 2003, c. 504; 2004, c. 88.)