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This law was first created in 2018. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 18<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":161059,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83654,"identifier":"16.1-305.01","token":"16.1\/11\/12\/16.1-305.01","url":"\/16.1-305.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-305.01\/","token":"16.1\/11\/12\/16.1-305.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Access to child and spousal support case files","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-305.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All child support and spousal support case files<\/span>, whether physical or digital, shall be open for inspection only to the following:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The judge<\/span>, court officials, and clerk or deputy clerk assigned to serve the court<\/span> in which the case is pending or to which the case is transferred pursuant to court order<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Any party<\/span> to the case; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Any attorney of record to the case; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The Department<\/span> of Social Services and the Division of Child Support Enforcement.\n\t\t\tAny other person, agency, or institution having a legitimate interest in such case files<\/span> or the work of the court<\/span>, by order of the court<\/span>, may inspect the case files<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACCESS TO CHILD AND SPOUSAL SUPPORT CASE FILES (\u00a7 16.1-305.01)\n\nAll child support and spousal support case files, whether physical or digital,\nshall be open for inspection only to the following:\n\n1. The judge, court officials, and clerk or deputy clerk assigned to serve the\ncourt in which the case is pending or to which the case is transferred pursuant\nto court order;\n\n2. Any party to the case;\n\n3. Any attorney of record to the case; and\n\n4. The Department of Social Services and the Division of Child Support\nEnforcement.\n\t\t\tAny other person, agency, or institution having a legitimate interest in such\ncase files or the work of the court, by order of the court, may inspect the case\nfiles.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, c. 18.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}