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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 797<\/a> and 897<\/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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter 754<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":353760,"section_number":"20-88.64:1","catch_line":"Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.64_1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1405845,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353761,"identifier":"20-88.64:2","token":"20\/5.3\/7\/20-88.64_2","url":"\/20-88.64_2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.64_2\/","token":"20\/5.3\/7\/20-88.64_2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compliance with two or more income-withholding orders","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.64:2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If an obligor<\/span>’s employer<\/span> receives two or more income<\/span>-withholding orders<\/span> with respect to the earnings of the same obligor<\/span>, the employer<\/span> satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer<\/span> complies with the law<\/span> of the state<\/span> of the obligor<\/span>’s principal place of employment to establish priorities for withholding and allocating income<\/span> withheld for two or more child<\/span> support obligees<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPLIANCE WITH TWO OR MORE INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDERS (\u00a7 20-88.64:2)\n\nIf an obligor’s employer receives two or more income-withholding orders\nwith respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the\nterms of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the\nobligor’s principal place of employment to establish priorities for\nwithholding and allocating income withheld for two or more child support\nobligees.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 797, 897; 2005, c. 754.","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"}}