Virginia Adoption Laws, Page 8

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Use of Advertising and Facilitators in Adoptive Placements

Use of Advertisement

Statute: § 48.825

• 'Advertise' means to communicate by any public medium that originates within this State, including by newspaper, periodical, telephone book listing, outdoor advertising sign, radio, or television.
  

  
  
  
• No person may do any of the following:
  
  
  • Advertise for the purpose of finding a child to adopt
    
  • Advertise that the person will find an adoptive home for a child or arrange for or assist in the adoption or adoptive placement of a child
    
  • Advertise that the person will place a child for adoption
    
• This section does not apply to any of the following:
  • The department, a county department, or a licensed child welfare agency
    
  • An individual or agency providing adoption information
    
  • An individual who has received a favorable recommendation regarding his or her fitness to be an adoptive parent in this State from the department, a county department, a licensed child welfare agency, or in another jurisdiction from an entity authorized by that jurisdiction to conduct studies of potential adoptive homes
    
  • An individual seeking to place his or her child for adoption

Credits: Child Welfare Information Gateway (http://www.childwelfare.gov)

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