Code of Virginia - Title 20 Domestic Relations - Section 20-146.14 Jurisdiction to modify determination

§ 20-146.14. Jurisdiction to modify determination

Except as otherwise provided in § 20-146.15, a court of this Commonwealth may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this Commonwealth has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under subdivision A 1 or A 2 of § 20-146.12 and:

1. The court of the other state determines that it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under § 20-146.13 or that a court of this Commonwealth would be a more convenient forum under § 20-146.18; or

2. A court of this Commonwealth or a court of the other state determines that neither the child, the child's parents, nor any person acting as a parent presently reside in the other state.

(1979, c. 229, § 20-137; 2001, c. 305.)

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