CODE OF VIRGINIA

JURISDICTION TO MODIFY DETERMINATION (§ 20-146.14)

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; or

   2.  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.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 229, § 20-137; 2001, c. 305; 2016, c. 179.