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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 673<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2005, chapter 754<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 727<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":353728,"section_number":"20-88.36","catch_line":"Duration of personal jurisdiction","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.36\/"},{"id":353733,"section_number":"20-88.41","catch_line":"Determination of controlling child support order","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.41\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1405721,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353732,"identifier":"20-88.40","token":"20\/5.3\/3\/20-88.40","url":"\/20-88.40\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.40\/","token":"20\/5.3\/3\/20-88.40","dublin_core":{"Title":"Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.40","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A tribunal of the Commonwealth that has issued a child support order<\/span> consistent with the law<\/span> of the Commonwealth may serve as an initiating tribunal<\/span> to request a tribunal of another state<\/span> to enforce: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state<\/span> that assumed jurisdiction<\/span> pursuant to this chapter; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A money judgment<\/span> for arrears<\/span> of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state<\/span> is the controlling order. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A tribunal of the Commonwealth having continuing jurisdiction<\/span> over a support order may act as a responding tribunal<\/span> to enforce the order. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER (\u00a7 20-88.40)\n\nA. A tribunal of the Commonwealth that has issued a child support order\nconsistent with the law of the Commonwealth may serve as an initiating tribunal\nto request a tribunal of another state to enforce:\n\n 1. The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified\n by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this\n chapter; or\n\n 2. A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued\n before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the\n controlling order.\n\nB. A tribunal of the Commonwealth having continuing jurisdiction over a support\norder may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}