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<law><law_id>788431</law_id><section_number>20-146.14</section_number><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><edition url="https://vacode.org/2016/" id="11" last_updated="2016-07-24" current="TRUE">2016</edition><structure><unit level="1" identifier="20" url="https://vacode.org/2016/20/">Domestic Relations</unit><unit level="2" identifier="7.1" url="https://vacode.org/2016/20/7.1/">Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act</unit><unit level="3" identifier="2" url="https://vacode.org/2016/20/7.1/2/">Jurisdiction</unit></structure><catch_line>Jurisdiction to modify determination</catch_line><history>1979, c. 229, &#xA7; 20-137; 2001, c. 305; 2016, c. 179.</history><order_by/><metadata/><court_decisions><unit><name>Foster v. Foster</name><case_number>2768072</case_number><citation>664 S.E.2d 525</citation><date>2008-08-12</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1062687/foster-v-foster/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. determination consistent with &#xA7; 20-146.12 or &#xA7; 20-146.14 has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction as .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Court of Appeals"&gt;COA&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Andrea S. Morrison v. Adam Morrison</name><case_number>1098103</case_number><citation/><date>2011-02-08</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1062007/andrea-s-morrison-v-adam-morrison/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;.  .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Court of Appeals"&gt;COA&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Andrea S. Morrison v. Adam Morrison</name><case_number>0064103</case_number><citation/><date>2011-02-08</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1062010/andrea-s-morrison-v-adam-morrison/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;.  .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Court of Appeals"&gt;COA&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Prashad v. Copeland</name><case_number>2609084</case_number><citation>685 S.E.2d 199</citation><date>2009-11-24</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1062317/prashad-v-copeland/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. jurisdictional requirements of Article 2 are met, Code &#xA7; 20-146.14, whereas a child custody .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Court of Appeals"&gt;COA&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit></court_decisions><official_url>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/20-146.14/</official_url><refers_to><unit id="779015"><section_number>20-146.12</section_number><catch_line>Initial child custody jurisdiction</catch_line><url>/20-146.12/</url></unit><unit id="779377"><section_number>20-146.15</section_number><catch_line>Temporary emergency jurisdiction</catch_line><url>/20-146.15/</url></unit></refers_to><url>/20-146.14/</url><token>20/7.1/2/20-146.14</token><referred_to_by><reference>20-146.13</reference><reference>20-146.15</reference><reference>20-146.19</reference></referred_to_by><text><section id="2543991" prefix=""><text>Except as otherwise provided in &#xA7; 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 &#xA7; 20-146.12 and:</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section/></prefixes><entire_prefix/><prefix_anchor/><level>1</level></section><section id="2543992" prefix="1"><text> The court of the other state determines that it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under &#xA7; 20-146.13 or that a court of the Commonwealth would be a more convenient forum under &#xA7; 20-146.18; or</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section/><section>1</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>1</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>1</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2543993" prefix="2"><text> 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.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section/><section>2</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>2</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>2</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section></text></law>
