{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-20-88.40","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 20-88.40","heading":"Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order","body":"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.","path":["Title 20. DOMESTIC RELATIONS","Chapter 5.3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","Article 3. JURISDICTION IN PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING TWO OR MORE STATES"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/20-88.40/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:44Z","sha256":"4ff088431571aae567caf424a9253cf1e80ec7c578822af9777c761034bb4888","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-20-88.39","next":"us-va/va.-code-20-88.41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}