63.2-1214 - Annual review of pending petitions for adoption; duty of Commissioner and circuit court clerk.
§ 63.2-1214. Annual review of pending petitions for adoption; duty ofCommissioner and circuit court clerk.
After the expiration of twelve months from the date of the entry of the lastorder upon a petition for adoption, except when the last order entered is afinal order of adoption, it shall be the responsibility of the Commissionerto notify the clerk of the circuit court of all adoption cases that have beenpending for a period of more than twelve months, and the clerk of the circuitcourt shall place on the docket all such cases for review by the circuitcourt as soon as practicable.
(1976, c. 353, § 63.1-230.1; 2000, c. 830, § 63.1-219.21; 2002, c. 747.)