Code of Virginia - Title 20 Domestic Relations - Section 20-88.40 Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order

§ 20-88.40. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order

A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of the Commonwealth may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:

1. The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter; or

2. A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of another state is the controlling order.

B. A tribunal of the Commonwealth having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

(1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754.)

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