§ 16.1-336. Definitions
When used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: “Community services board” has the same meaning as provided in § 37.2-100. Whenever the term community services board appears, it shall include behavioral health authority, as that term is defined in § 37.2-100. “Consent” means the voluntary, express, and informed agreement to treatment in a […]
§ 16.1-336.1. Admission forms
The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia shall prepare the petitions, orders, and such other legal forms as may be required in proceedings for custody, detention, and involuntary admission pursuant to this article, and shall distribute such forms to the clerks of the juvenile and domestic relations district courts of […]
§ 16.1-334. Effects of order
An order that a minor is emancipated shall have the following effects: 1. The minor may consent to medical, dental, or psychiatric care, without parental consent, knowledge, or liability; 2. The minor may enter into a binding contract or execute a will; 3. The minor may sue and be sued in his own name; 4. […]
§ 16.1-334.1. Identification card issued to minor by DMV
When entering an emancipation order under § 16.1-333, the court shall issue to the emancipated minor a copy of the order. Upon application to the Department of Motor Vehicles and submission of the copy, the Department shall issue to the minor an identification card containing the minor’s photograph, a statement that such minor is emancipated, […]
§ 16.1-330.2. Immunity
Any staff person or agency who is sharing information within the structure of a SHOCAP committee established pursuant to this article shall have immunity from civil or criminal liability that otherwise might result by reason of the type of information exchanged. 1993, cc. 465, 927.
§ 16.1-331. Petition for emancipation
Any minor who has reached his sixteenth birthday and is residing in this Commonwealth, or any parent or guardian of such minor, may petition the juvenile and domestic relations district court for the county or city in which either the minor or his parents or guardian resides for a determination that the minor named in […]
§ 16.1-332. Orders of court; investigation, report and appointment of counsel
If deemed appropriate the court may (i) require the local department of social services or any other agency or person to investigate the allegations in the petition and file a report of that investigation with the court, (ii) appoint counsel for the minor’s parents or guardian, or (iii) make any other orders regarding the matter […]
§ 16.1-333. Findings necessary to order that minor is emancipated
The court may enter an order declaring the minor emancipated if, after a hearing, it is found that: (i) the minor has entered into a valid marriage, whether or not that marriage has been terminated by dissolution; (ii) the minor is on active duty with any of the armed forces of the United States of […]
§ 16.1-333.1. Written findings necessary to order that minor is emancipated on the basis of intent to marry
The court may enter an order declaring such a minor who desires to get married emancipated if, after a hearing where both individuals intending to marry are present, the court makes written findings that: 1. It is the minor’s own will that the minor enter into marriage, and the minor is not being compelled against […]
§ 16.1-322.7. State Board to promulgate regulations
The State Board shall make, adopt, and promulgate regulations governing the following aspects of private management and operation of local or regional detention homes or other secure facilities: 1. The schedule for state reimbursement to the cities or counties or any combination thereof, as the case may be, for costs of construction; 2. The manner […]