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<law><law_id>795663</law_id><section_number>20-88.35</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="5.3" url="https://vacode.org/2016/20/5.3/">Uniform Interstate Family Support Act</unit><unit level="3" identifier="2" url="https://vacode.org/2016/20/5.3/2/">Extended Personal Jurisdiction</unit></structure><catch_line>Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident</catch_line><history>1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.</history><order_by/><text><section id="2568324" prefix=""><text/><type>section</type><prefixes><section/></prefixes><entire_prefix/><prefix_anchor/><level>1</level></section><section id="2568325" prefix="1"><text> The individual is personally served with process within the Commonwealth;</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="2568326" prefix="2"><text> The individual submits to the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth by consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section/><section>2</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>2</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>2</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2568327" prefix="3"><text> The individual resided with the child in the Commonwealth;</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section/><section>3</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>3</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>3</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2568328" prefix="4"><text> The individual resided in the Commonwealth and paid prenatal expenses or provided support for the child;</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section/><section>4</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>4</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>4</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2568329" prefix="5"><text> The child resides in the Commonwealth as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section/><section>5</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>5</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>5</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2568330" prefix="6"><text> The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in the Commonwealth and the child may have been conceived by the act of intercourse;</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section/><section>6</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>6</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>6</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2568331" prefix="7"><text> The individual asserted parentage of a child in the putative father registry maintained in the Commonwealth by the Department of Social Services;</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section/><section>7</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>7</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>7</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2568332" prefix="8"><text> The exercise of personal jurisdiction is authorized under subdivision A 8 of &#xA7; 8.01-328.1; or</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section/><section>8</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>8</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>8</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2568333" prefix="9"><text> There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of the Commonwealth and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section/><section>9</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>9</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>9</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2568334" prefix=""><text>The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in this section or any other law of the Commonwealth may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of the Commonwealth to modify a child support order issued by a tribunal of another state unless the requirements of &#xA7; 20-88.76 or 20-88.77:3 are met.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section/></prefixes><entire_prefix/><prefix_anchor/><level>1</level></section></text><metadata/><court_decisions><unit><name>Com. v. Richter</name><case_number>Record No. 1252-95-4</case_number><citation>475 S.E.2d 817</citation><date>1996-09-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1267175/com-v-richter/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. under subdivision A8 of &#xA7; 8.01-328.1." Code &#xA7; 20-88.35(3) and (6). In pertinent part, Code &#xA7; .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Court of Appeals"&gt;COA&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Franklin v. Com., Dept. of Social Serv.</name><case_number>Record No. 1045-97-4</case_number><citation>497 S.E.2d 881</citation><date>1998-04-14</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1317299/franklin-v-com-dept-of-social-serv/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;.  the individual." Code &#xA7; 20-88.35(5). .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Court of Appeals"&gt;COA&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Clifton Franklin v. CW,D.S.S.,D.C.S.E., M. Franklin</name><case_number>1045974</case_number><citation/><date>1998-04-14</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1066949/clifton-franklin-v-cwdssdcse-m-franklin/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. individual."    Code &#xA7; 20-88.35(5). .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Court of Appeals"&gt;COA&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Commonwealth, DSS v. Neil C. Righter</name><case_number>1252954</case_number><citation/><date>1996-09-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1067794/commonwealth-dss-v-neil-c-righter/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. subdivision A8 of &#xA7; 8.01-328.1."    Code .&#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/20-88.35/</official_url><refers_to><unit id="785293"><section_number>20-88.76</section_number><catch_line>Modification of child support order of another state</catch_line><url>/20-88.76/</url></unit><unit id="774690"><section_number>20-88.77:3</section_number><catch_line>Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country</catch_line><url>/20-88.77:3/</url></unit></refers_to><url>/20-88.35/</url><token>20/5.3/2/20-88.35</token><referred_to_by><reference>20-88.76</reference><reference>20-88.77:1</reference><reference>63.2-1903</reference></referred_to_by></law>
