Code of Virginia - Title 20 Domestic Relations - Section 20-88.68 Effect of registration for enforcement

§ 20-88.68. Effect of registration for enforcement

A. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this Commonwealth.

B. A registered order issued in another state is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this Commonwealth.

C. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a tribunal of this Commonwealth shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

(1994, c. 673.)

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