CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 20-88.83)

As used in this article:”Application” means a request under the
Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms
of Family Maintenance by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made
through a central authority for assistance from another central
authority.”Central authority” means the entity designated by the
United States or a foreign country described in § 20-88.32 to perform the
functions specified in the Convention.”Convention support order”
means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in §
20-88.32.”Direct request” means a petition or similar pleading filed
by an individual in a tribunal of the Commonwealth in a proceeding involving an
obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States.”Foreign
central authority” means the entity designated by a foreign country
described in § 20-88.32 to perform the functions specified in the
Convention.”Foreign support agreement” means an agreement for
support in a record that (i) is enforceable as a support order in the country of
origin; (ii) has been formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument
by a foreign tribunal or authenticated by or concluded, registered, or filed
with a foreign tribunal; and (iii) may be reviewed and modified by a foreign
tribunal. “Foreign support agreement” includes a maintenance
arrangement or authentic instrument under the Convention.”United States
central authority” means the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.

HISTORY: 2015, c. 727.