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Va. Code § 20-88.40: Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 20. DOMESTIC RELATIONS
  2. Chapter 5.3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
  3. Article 3. JURISDICTION IN PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING TWO OR MORE STATES

A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of the Commonwealth may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:1. The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter; or2. A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.B. A tribunal of the Commonwealth having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.

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