Virginia House Bill 1086 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-25 - Continued to 2023 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Death of joint petitioner prior to entry of final order of adoption. Provides that in cases in which married persons, or persons who were previously married and who are permitted to adopt a child, have jointly petitioned to adopt a child and one of the petitioners dies before entry of a final order of adoption, the adoption may proceed in the name of both petitioners upon request of the surviving petitioner. The bill further provides that, upon entry of a final order, the child shall be, for all intents and purposes, the child of both petitioners.

Adoption; death of joint petitioner prior to entry of final order.

Del. James Leftwich [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-25	House	Continued to 2023 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2022-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102645D

HB1086 (Carry Over) 2022-01-25 - Continued to 2023 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	1213.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1086
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1086+hil