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The provisions of subsection B of \u00a7 64.2-1801 shall not apply to proceedings under this section, but the commissioner shall give five days’ written notice of the scheduled hearing date to any minor who is 14 years of age or older. 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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 16<\/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 3 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 2012, chapter 614<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 532<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 148<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":375985,"section_number":"64.2-1801","catch_line":"Parental duty of support","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1801\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1502381,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375986,"identifier":"64.2-1802","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/18\/64.2-1802","url":"\/64.2-1802\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1802\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/C\/18\/64.2-1802","dublin_core":{"Title":"Parental duty of support; limited authority of commissioner of accounts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1802","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A commissioner of accounts for the jurisdiction<\/span> where a guardian qualifies may authorize the same distributions under the same circumstances as the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> may authorize under subsection A of \u00a7 64.2-1801<\/a>, except that (i) the total distributions authorized in any one year shall not exceed $7,000 and (ii) the commissioner of accounts shall, in his report to the court<\/span> on the guardian’s next accounting, explain the necessity for the distributions so authorized. The provisions of subsection B of \u00a7 64.2-1801<\/a> shall not apply to proceedings under this section, but the commissioner shall give five days’ written notice of the scheduled hearing<\/span> date to any minor<\/span> who is 14 years of age or older. The commissioner of accounts shall not charge a fee in excess of $100 for such hearing<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPARENTAL DUTY OF SUPPORT; LIMITED AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER OF ACCOUNTS (\u00a7\n64.2-1802)\n\nA commissioner of accounts for the jurisdiction where a guardian qualifies may\nauthorize the same distributions under the same circumstances as the circuit\ncourt may authorize under subsection A of \u00a7 64.2-1801, except that (i) the\ntotal distributions authorized in any one year shall not exceed $7,000 and (ii)\nthe commissioner of accounts shall, in his report to the court on the\nguardian’s next accounting, explain the necessity for the distributions so\nauthorized. The provisions of subsection B of \u00a7 64.2-1801 shall not apply to\nproceedings under this section, but the commissioner shall give five days’\nwritten notice of the scheduled hearing date to any minor who is 14 years of age\nor older. The commissioner of accounts shall not charge a fee in excess of $100\nfor such hearing.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 16, \u00a7 31-8.2; 2012, c. 614; 2014, c. 532; 2025, c. 148.","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"}}