Code of Virginia - Title 20 Domestic Relations - Section 20-88.44 Proceedings under this chapter

§ 20-88.44. Proceedings under this chapter

A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter.

B. An individual or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

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

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