CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECOGNITION OF ORDER MODIFIED IN ANOTHER STATE (§ 20-88.77)

If a child support order issued by a tribunal of the Commonwealth is modified by
a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform
Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of the Commonwealth:

   1.  May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest
   accruing before the modification;

   2.  May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order that occurred
   before the effective date of the modification; and

   3.  Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration,
   for the purpose of enforcement.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 673; 1997, cc. 797, 897; 2005, c. 754.