{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-20-146.14","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 20-146.14","heading":"Jurisdiction to modify determination","body":"Except as otherwise provided in § 20-146.15, a court of the Commonwealth may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of the Commonwealth has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under subdivision A 1 or A 2 of § 20-146.12 and:1. The court of the other state determines that it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under § 20-146.13 or that a court of the Commonwealth would be a more convenient forum under § 20-146.18; or2. A court of the Commonwealth or a court of the other state determines that neither a parent of the child, nor the child, nor any person acting as a parent of the child presently resides in the other state.1979, c. 229, § 20-137; 2001, c. 305; 2016, c. 179.","path":["Title 20. DOMESTIC RELATIONS","Chapter 7.1. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT","Article 2. JURISDICTION"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/20-146.14/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:44Z","sha256":"0a45932969a1257957f13a4797ff1146275fd8b27aee1290c9584befa87faf4c","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-20-146.13","next":"us-va/va.-code-20-146.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}