{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-20-88.86","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 20-88.86","heading":"Initiation by Department of Social Services of support proceeding under convention","body":"A. In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department of Social Services of the Commonwealth shall:1. Transmit and receive applications; and2. Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of the Commonwealth.B. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:1. Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;2. Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in the Commonwealth;3. Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;4. Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under subdivision B 2, 4, or 9 of § 20-88.90;5. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the Commonwealth; and6. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.C. The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:1. Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of the Commonwealth;2. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the Commonwealth; and3. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.D. A tribunal of the Commonwealth may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.2015, c. 727.","path":["Title 20. DOMESTIC RELATIONS","Chapter 5.3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","Article 13. SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER HAGUE CONVENTION"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/20-88.86/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:44Z","sha256":"434f35468452f098e3b3fe921139dbe3229d22800e3aa0da77627ce0e774121d","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-20-88.85","next":"us-va/va.-code-20-88.87"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}