CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER (§ 20-88.40)

A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth that has issued a child support order
consistent with the law of the Commonwealth may serve as an initiating tribunal
to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:

   1.  The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified
   by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this
   chapter; or

   2.  A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued
   before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the
   controlling order.

B. A tribunal of the Commonwealth having continuing jurisdiction over a support
order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.