Chapter
Office of the Children's Ombudsman
- Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-438— Definitions
- Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-439— Children's Ombudsman; establishment; appointment; removal
- Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-440— Procedures; training; notification of safety concerns.
- Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-441— Individuals making complaint to Children's Ombudsman
- Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-442— Children's Ombudsman; powers and duties
- Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-443— Abused or neglected children; children receiving child-protective services, in foster care, or placed for adoption; powers of Children's Ombudsman; child fatality cases; investigation
- Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-444— Decision to investigate; notice; pursuing administrative remedies or channels of complaint; further investigation; violation of state or federal criminal law; complaint against child-placing agency; petition requesting court jurisdiction or termination of parental rights
- Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-445— Department and child-placing agency; duties; information to be provided to biological parent, adoptive parent, or foster parent; access to departmental computer networks
- Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-446— Confidentiality of record of Children's Ombudsman; disclosure; limitations; release of certain information
- Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-447— Report of findings; recommendations; consultation with individual, Department, local department, children's residential facility, or child-placing agency; publication of adverse report; notice of actions; information provided to complainant; child fatality investigation; report
- Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-448— Penalty for filing complaint or cooperating in investigation prohibited
- Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-449— Repealed