Virginia HB 998: Parental or legal custodial powers, temporary delegation; child-placing agency.

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18104498D

HOUSE BILL NO. 998 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 9, 2018 

A BILL to amend and reenact �� 63.2-100 and 63.2-1715 of the 
 Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 20 a chapter 
 numbered 10, consisting of sections numbered 20-166 and 20-167, relating to 
 delegation of parental or legal custodial powers; child-placing agency. 
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Patrons-- Byron, LaRock and Rasoul 

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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That �� 63.2-100 and 63.2-1715 of the Code of Virginia are 
 amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in 
 Title 20 a chapter numbered 10, consisting of sections numbered 20-166 and 
 20-167, as follows:

CHAPTER 10. 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 
 TO DELEGATE PARENTAL OR LEGAL CUSTODIAL 
 POWERS. 

� 20-166. 
 Power of attorney 
 to delegate parental 
 or legal custodial 
 powers. 

A. A 
 parent or legal custodian of a child, by a properly executed power of attorney 
 pursuant to � 20-167, 
 may delegate to another 
 person, for a period not to exceed one year, any of the powers regarding the 
 custody, care, and property of the child except the power to consent to 
 marriage or adoption of the child, the performance or inducement of an abortion 
 on or for the child, or the termination of parental rights to the child. 

Such parent or 
 legal custodian who is a service member may 
 delegate such powers for a 
 period longer than one year while on active duty 
 service if such active duty is longer than one year, 
 but such period shall not exceed the term of active duty service plus 30 days. 
 For the purposes of this section, "service member" means (i) 
 a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, (ii) 
 a member of the Armed Forces Reserves, (iii) a member of the National Guard, (iv) 
 a member of the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
 Administration, (v) a member of the commissioned corps of the U.S. Public 
 Health Services, or (vi) 
 any person otherwise required 
 to enter or serve in the active military services of the United States under a 
 call or order of the President of the United States or to serve on state 
 activity duty.

A delegation of 
 powers under this section shall not operate to change or 
 modify any parental or legal rights, obligations, or authority established by 
 an existing court order or deprive a 
 parent or legal custodian of any parental or legal rights, 
 obligations, or authority regarding the custody, visitation, or support of any 
 child under this title. 

B. Any 
 power of attorney properly executed pursuant to � 20-167 shall be signed by all 
 persons with authority to make decisions concerning th