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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1405857,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353764,"identifier":"20-88.64:5","token":"20\/5.3\/7\/20-88.64_5","url":"\/20-88.64_5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.64_5\/","token":"20\/5.3\/7\/20-88.64_5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Contest by obligor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.64:5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> An obligor<\/span> may contest the validity or enforcement of an income<\/span>-withholding order<\/span> issued in another state<\/span> and received directly by an employer<\/span> in the Commonwealth by registering the order in a tribunal<\/span> of the Commonwealth and filing a contest to that order as provided in this chapter or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal<\/span> of the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The obligor<\/span> shall give notice of the contest to (i) a support enforcement agency<\/span> providing services to the obligee<\/span>, (ii) each employer<\/span> that has directly received an income<\/span>-withholding order<\/span> relating to the obligor<\/span>, and (iii) the support enforcement agency<\/span> designated to receive payments in the income<\/span>-withholding order<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTEST BY OBLIGOR (\u00a7 20-88.64:5)\n\nA. An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding\norder issued in another state and received directly by an employer in the\nCommonwealth by registering the order in a tribunal of the Commonwealth and\nfiling a contest to that order as provided in this chapter or otherwise\ncontesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a\ntribunal of the Commonwealth.\n\nB. The obligor shall give notice of the contest to (i) a support enforcement\nagency providing services to the obligee, (ii) each employer that has directly\nreceived an income-withholding order relating to the obligor, and (iii) the\nsupport enforcement agency designated to receive payments in the\nincome-withholding order.\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"}}