Bill Text: VA HB835 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; appointment of counsel or guardian ad litem.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-13 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB835 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB835-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §16.1-268 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§16.1-268. Order of appointment.
The order of appointment of counsel or a guardian ad litem or
both pursuant to §16.1-266 shall be filed with and become a part of the record
of such proceeding. Any attorney so appointed shall represent the child or
parent, guardian, or other adult at any such hearing and at all other stages of
the proceeding unless relieved or replaced in the manner provided by law. Any
attorney appointed to represent the child or parent, guardian, or other adult
pursuant to this section may shall continue to represent
such child or parent, guardian, or other adult upon removal
or appeal to the circuit court unless relieved or replaced in the manner provided
by law and upon the
juvenile and domestic relations district court being divested of the right to
enter any further decrees or orders to determine custody, guardianship,
visitation, or support pursuant to §16.1-244.
