{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-20-146.11","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 20-146.11","heading":"Cooperation between courts; preservation of records","body":"A. A court of this Commonwealth may request the appropriate court of another state to:1. Hold an evidentiary hearing;2. Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;3. Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;4. Forward to the court of this Commonwealth a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and5. Order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.B. Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this Commonwealth may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection A.C. Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections A and B may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this Commonwealth.D. A court of this Commonwealth shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child custody proceeding until the child attains eighteen years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law-enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.1979, c. 229, §§ 20-142, 20-143, 20-144, 20-145; 2001, c. 305.","path":["Title 20. DOMESTIC RELATIONS","Chapter 7.1. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT","Article 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/20-146.11/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:44Z","sha256":"e5654afb7f39a4ce978d244222482a6e17964586dc26c5379313017960897254","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-20-146.10","next":"us-va/va.-code-20-146.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}