CHAPTER 224

An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-216 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the piect of petitions for or pendency of appeals in cases involving

juvent
[H 155]
Approved March 31, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. f That § 16.1-216 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 16.1-216. Petition for or the pendency of an appeal or writ of
error shall not suspend any judgment, order or decree of the juvenile
court in any case, nor operate to discharge any child concerned or involved

the case from the custody of the court or other person, institution, or
agency to which the child has been committed, unless so ordered by the
judge of a court of record or directed in a writ of supersedeas by the
Supreme Court of Appeals or a judge thereof ; provided, however, that a
petition for or the pendency of an appeal or writ of error shall suspend
any judgment order or decree entered against a person over the age of
eighteen years or involving any moving traffic violation under Titles 18.1
or 46.1 of the Code or any local ordinance by persons under the age of
eighteen. In such cases, the juvenile court may require an appeal bond in
an amount to be determined by it; but such suspension shall not apply to
an order for support of a wife, parent, or child, unless so ordered by the
Judge of a court of record or directed in a writ of supersedeas by the
Supreme Court of Appeals.