{"law_id":"787281","section_number":"20-146.17","catch_line":"Simultaneous proceedings","history":"1979, c. 229, \u00a7 20-129; 2001, c. 305.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{"0":{"name":"Prizzia v. Prizzia","case_number":"0226042","citation":"610 S.E.2d 326","date":"2005-03-22","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1063560\/prizzia-v-prizzia\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. dismiss the custody proceedings under Code \u00a7 20-146.17(A) because Hungary's exercise of .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"COA<\/abbr>"},"1":{"name":"Prizzia v. Prizzia","case_number":"1343102","citation":"707 S.E.2d 461","date":"2011-04-12","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1061958\/prizzia-v-prizzia\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. standards of the UCCJEA, wife's appeal to Code \u00a7 20-146.17(A) is unavailing. That section .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"COA<\/abbr>"}},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/20-146.17\/","refers_to":[{"id":"779377","section_number":"20-146.15","catch_line":"Temporary emergency jurisdiction","url":"\/20-146.15\/"},{"id":"771543","section_number":"20-146.18","catch_line":"Inconvenient forum","url":"\/20-146.18\/"},{"id":"776049","section_number":"20-146.20","catch_line":"Information to be submitted to court","url":"\/20-146.20\/"}],"url":"\/20-146.17\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.17","structure":{"1":{"id":"2671","name":"Jurisdiction","identifier":"2","label":"article","url":"\/20\/7.1\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"131","name":"Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act","identifier":"7.1","label":"chapter","url":"\/20\/7.1\/"},"3":{"id":"130","name":"Domestic Relations","identifier":"20","label":"title","url":"\/20\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"787281","structure_id":"2671","full_text":"A Except as otherwise provided in \u00a7 20-146.15, a court of this Commonwealth may not exercise its jurisdiction under this article if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a proceeding concerning the custody of the child has been previously commenced in a court of another state having jurisdiction substantially in conformity with this act, unless the proceeding has been terminated or is stayed by the court of the other state because a court of this Commonwealth is a more convenient forum under \u00a7 20-146.18.\r\rB Except as otherwise provided in \u00a7 20-146.15, a court of this Commonwealth, before hearing a child custody proceeding, shall examine the court documents and other information supplied by the parties pursuant to \u00a7 20-146.20. If the court determines that a child custody proceeding has been commenced in a court in another state having jurisdiction substantially in accordance with this act, the court of this Commonwealth shall stay its proceeding and communicate with the court of the other state. If the court of the state having jurisdiction substantially in accordance with this act does not determine that the court of this Commonwealth is a more appropriate forum, the court of this Commonwealth shall dismiss the proceeding.\r\rC In a proceeding to modify a child custody determination, a court of this Commonwealth shall determine whether a proceeding to enforce the determination has been commenced in another state. If a proceeding to enforce a child custody determination has been commenced in another state, the court may:\r\r","text":{"0":{"id":"2540138","text":"Except as otherwise provided in \u00a7 20-146.15, a court of this Commonwealth may not exercise its jurisdiction under this article if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a proceeding concerning the custody of the child has been previously commenced in a court of another state having jurisdiction substantially in conformity with this act, unless the proceeding has been terminated or is stayed by the court of the other state because a court of this Commonwealth is a more convenient forum under \u00a7 20-146.18.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1},"1":{"id":"2540139","text":"Except as otherwise provided in \u00a7 20-146.15, a court of this Commonwealth, before hearing a child custody proceeding, shall examine the court documents and other information supplied by the parties pursuant to \u00a7 20-146.20. If the court determines that a child custody proceeding has been commenced in a court in another state having jurisdiction substantially in accordance with this act, the court of this Commonwealth shall stay its proceeding and communicate with the court of the other state. If the court of the state having jurisdiction substantially in accordance with this act does not determine that the court of this Commonwealth is a more appropriate forum, the court of this Commonwealth shall dismiss the proceeding.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1},"2":{"id":"2540140","text":"In a proceeding to modify a child custody determination, a court of this Commonwealth shall determine whether a proceeding to enforce the determination has been commenced in another state. If a proceeding to enforce a child custody determination has been commenced in another state, the court may:","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1},"3":{"id":"2540141","text":" Stay the proceeding for modification pending the entry of an order of a court of the other state enforcing, staying, denying, or dismissing the proceeding for enforcement;","type":"section","prefixes":["C","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"C1","prefix_anchor":"C1","level":2},"4":{"id":"2540142","text":" Enjoin the parties from continuing with the proceeding for enforcement; or","type":"section","prefixes":["C","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"C2","prefix_anchor":"C2","level":2},"5":{"id":"2540143","text":" Proceed with the modification under conditions it considers appropriate.","type":"section","prefixes":["C","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"C3","prefix_anchor":"C3","level":2}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"2671","name":"Jurisdiction","identifier":"2","label":"article","url":"\/20\/7.1\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"131","name":"Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act","identifier":"7.1","label":"chapter","url":"\/20\/7.1\/"},"3":{"id":"130","name":"Domestic Relations","identifier":"20","label":"title","url":"\/20\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"779015","structure_id":"2671","section_number":"20-146.12","catch_line":"Initial child custody jurisdiction","url":"\/20-146.12\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.12"},"1":{"id":"770583","structure_id":"2671","section_number":"20-146.13","catch_line":"Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction","url":"\/20-146.13\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.13"},"2":{"id":"788431","structure_id":"2671","section_number":"20-146.14","catch_line":"Jurisdiction to modify determination","url":"\/20-146.14\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.14"},"3":{"id":"779377","structure_id":"2671","section_number":"20-146.15","catch_line":"Temporary emergency jurisdiction","url":"\/20-146.15\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.15"},"4":{"id":"792567","structure_id":"2671","section_number":"20-146.16","catch_line":"Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder","url":"\/20-146.16\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.16"},"5":{"id":"787281","structure_id":"2671","section_number":"20-146.17","catch_line":"Simultaneous proceedings","url":"\/20-146.17\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.17"},"6":{"id":"771543","structure_id":"2671","section_number":"20-146.18","catch_line":"Inconvenient forum","url":"\/20-146.18\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.18"},"7":{"id":"770142","structure_id":"2671","section_number":"20-146.19","catch_line":"Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct","url":"\/20-146.19\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.19"},"8":{"id":"776049","structure_id":"2671","section_number":"20-146.20","catch_line":"Information to be submitted to court","url":"\/20-146.20\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.20"},"9":{"id":"770409","structure_id":"2671","section_number":"20-146.21","catch_line":"Appearance of parties and child","url":"\/20-146.21\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.21"}},"previous_section":{"id":"792567","structure_id":"2671","section_number":"20-146.16","catch_line":"Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder","url":"\/20-146.16\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.16"},"next_section":{"id":"771543","structure_id":"2671","section_number":"20-146.18","catch_line":"Inconvenient forum","url":"\/20-146.18\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.18"},"references":false,"formats":{"txt":"\/20-146.17.txt","json":"\/20-146.17.json","xml":"\/20-146.17.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Simultaneous proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-146.17","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 20-146.17)\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided in \u00a7 20-146.15, a court of this Commonwealth\nmay not exercise its jurisdiction under this article if, at the time of the\ncommencement of the proceeding, a proceeding concerning the custody of the child\nhas been previously commenced in a court of another state having jurisdiction\nsubstantially in conformity with this act, unless the proceeding has been\nterminated or is stayed by the court of the other state because a court of this\nCommonwealth is a more convenient forum under \u00a7 20-146.18.\n\nB. Except as otherwise provided in \u00a7 20-146.15, a court of this Commonwealth,\nbefore hearing a child custody proceeding, shall examine the court documents and\nother information supplied by the parties pursuant to \u00a7 20-146.20. If the court\ndetermines that a child custody proceeding has been commenced in a court in\nanother state having jurisdiction substantially in accordance with this act, the\ncourt of this Commonwealth shall stay its proceeding and communicate with the\ncourt of the other state. If the court of the state having jurisdiction\nsubstantially in accordance with this act does not determine that the court of\nthis Commonwealth is a more appropriate forum, the court of this Commonwealth\nshall dismiss the proceeding.\n\nC. In a proceeding to modify a child custody determination, a court of this\nCommonwealth shall determine whether a proceeding to enforce the determination\nhas been commenced in another state. If a proceeding to enforce a child custody\ndetermination has been commenced in another state, the court may:\n\n 1. Stay the proceeding for modification pending the entry of an order of a\n court of the other state enforcing, staying, denying, or dismissing the\n proceeding for enforcement;\n\n 2. Enjoin the parties from continuing with the proceeding for enforcement; or\n\n 3. Proceed with the modification under conditions it considers appropriate.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 229, \u00a7 20-129; 2001, c. 305."}