Adoption
§63.2-1200, 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
-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: §63.2-1215
-parental placement adoption: §63.2-1230  - §63.2-1240
-post-adoption contract and communication agreements: §63.2-1220.2 - §63.2-1220.4; §63.2-1228.1; §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

Agreements:
-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

Appeal:
-remand to juvenile court: §16.1-297
-suspension of judgment: §8.01-676.1(D)
-to circuit court: §16.1-296
-to Court of Appeals: §8.01-675.3; S.Ct. Rule 5A:1, et seq.

Assisted Conception: §20-156

Attorney's Fees: §20-79(b); §16.1-278.19
-Lien for attorney's fees: §54.1-3932
-Support arrearages: §20-78.2

Child Custody and Visitation:
-apart from divorce: §31-15  (parties still married); §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
-felony to withhold child: §18.2-49.1(A)
-in divorce: §20-107.2
-interference with visitation: §20-108
-joint custody: § 20-124.1
-jurisdiction (J&D Court): §16.1-241 (A)(3)
-legal custody: §16.1-228; §20-107.2
-modification: §20-108
-parent education: §20-103  ; §16.1-278.15
-revision and alteration of decree: §20-108
-uniform Child Custody Jurisd. Act: §20-146.1 - §20-146.38

Child Support:
-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)
-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)
-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

Contempt:
-Circuit Court:
-criminal contempt for violation of custody/visitation order: §18.2-49.1
-failure to comply with support obligation: §16.1-278.16
-J&D Court: §16.1-69.24
-violation of custody/visitation order: §20-124.2(E)
-violation of pendente lite order of support: §20-71
-violation of protective order: §16.1-279.1(C)

Divorce:
-bed and board: §20-95
-domicile and residential requirements: §20-97
-grounds: §20-91
-motion for no fault: §20-121.02
-presumptions as to desertion and abandonment: §20-81
-privacy statute: §20-121.03
-record sealed: §20-124

Effect of divorce:
-extinguishes contingent property rights: §20-111.1
-revocation of terms of will: §64.1-59

Emancipation: §16.1-331

Equitable distribution: §20-107.3
-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)

Evidence: §8.01-385, et seq.
-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
-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
-testimony by child: §20-124.2:1; §8.01-396.1
-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

Guardian ad litem Appointment: §16.1-266(D); §8.01-9

Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court: §16.1-226
-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)

Lien: §54.1-3932

Life Insurance:
-in child support: §20-108.1(D)
-in equitable distribution: §20-107.3(G(2)

Marriage:
-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

Miscellaneous:
-computation of time: §1-210
-doctrine of necessaries: §55-37
-notice/subpoena duces tecum for medical records: §32.1-127.1:03
-reinstatement of suit: §20-121.1
-spousal liability for emergency medical care: §8.01-220.2
-statutory rights barred by desertion or abandonment: §64.1-16.3
-table of life expectancy: §8.01-419
-vital records: : §32.1-271  ; §32.1-272
-when omitted spouse to take intestate portion: §64.1-69.1

Name change: §20-121.4; §8.01-217(c)

Orders:
-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
-revision & alteration – custody & support: §20-108
-transfer of jurisdiction to J & D Court: §20-79

Parental Termination: §16.1-283

Paternity: §20-49.1
-relief from determination: §20-49.10
-service: §20-61.3

Preliminary relief:
-family abuse: §16.1-228
-order of protection: §16.1-279.1
-pendente lite relief: §20-103
-preliminary protective order: §16.1-253.1

Privacy Addendum: §20-121.03

Protective Order:
-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)

Psychological evaluation: §20-124.2(D); Rule 4:10

Sealing/Sequestration of Record: §20-124

Service/of Process Notice: §8.01-285 – 8.01-327.2
-personal service if paternity an issue: §20-61.3
-pro se party: §8.01-319(A)

Spousal support:
-consider all evidence: §20-108.1
-content of orders: §20-60.3; §20-107.1; §16.1-278.15
-formula for pendente lite support: §16.1-278.17:1
-interest on arrearage: §20-78.2
-J & D Court (separate maintenance): §16.1-241(L)
-modification, etc.: §20-109
-rules & factors: §20-107.1
-to cease on remarriage: §20-110
-to cease upon death or remarriage: §20-109.1

Statute of Limitations:
-20 years to enforce judgment: §8.01-251

Subpoenas:
-Copies of subpoenaed documents to be provided: §8.01-417 B

Surrogacy: §20-156

Tax:
-child care costs-credits/deductions: §20-108.2(F)
-Tax dependency exemption: §20-108.1.E

Venue:
-desertion & 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)