CODE OF VIRGINIA

FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT (§ 20-88.92)

A. Except as otherwise provided in subsections C and D, a tribunal of the
Commonwealth shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered
in the Commonwealth.

B. An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign
support agreement must be accompanied by:

   1.  A complete text of the foreign support agreement; and

   2.  A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an
   order of support in the issuing country.

C. A tribunal of the Commonwealth may vacate the registration of a foreign
support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that
recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.

D. In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of the Commonwealth
may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds that:

   1.  Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible
   with public policy;

   2.  The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;

   3.  The agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same
   parties and having the same purpose in the Commonwealth, another state, or a
   foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and
   enforcement under this chapter in the Commonwealth; or

   4.  The record submitted under subsection B lacks authenticity or integrity.

E. A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement
must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the
agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

HISTORY: 2015, c. 727.