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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 769<\/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":179191,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59969,"identifier":"20-124.5","token":"20\/6.1\/20-124.5","url":"\/20-124.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-124.5\/","token":"20\/6.1\/20-124.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notification of relocation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-124.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any proceeding involving custody<\/span> or visitation, the court<\/span> shall include as a condition of any custody<\/span> or visitation order<\/span> a requirement that thirty days’ advance written notice be given to the court<\/span> and the other party<\/span> by any party<\/span> intending to relocate and of any intended change of address, unless the court<\/span>, for good cause shown, orders<\/span> otherwise. The court<\/span> may require that the notice be in such form and contain such information as it deems proper and necessary under the circumstances of the case.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTIFICATION OF RELOCATION (\u00a7 20-124.5)\n\nIn any proceeding involving custody or visitation, the court shall include as a\ncondition of any custody or visitation order a requirement that thirty\ndays’ advance written notice be given to the court and the other party by\nany party intending to relocate and of any intended change of address, unless\nthe court, for good cause shown, orders otherwise. The court may require that\nthe notice be in such form and contain such information as it deems proper and\nnecessary under the circumstances of the case.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 769.","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}}