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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 229 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. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2001, chapter 305<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 179<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71952,"section_number":"20-146.13","catch_line":"Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.13\/"},{"id":55943,"section_number":"20-146.15","catch_line":"Temporary emergency jurisdiction","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.15\/"},{"id":63634,"section_number":"20-146.19","catch_line":"Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.19\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56827,"section_number":"20-146.12","catch_line":"Initial child custody jurisdiction","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.12\/"},{"id":71952,"section_number":"20-146.13","catch_line":"Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.13\/"},{"id":55943,"section_number":"20-146.15","catch_line":"Temporary emergency jurisdiction","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.15\/"},{"id":85297,"section_number":"20-146.18","catch_line":"Inconvenient forum","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.18\/"}],"permalink":{"id":179281,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64810,"identifier":"20-146.14","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.14","url":"\/20-146.14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-146.14\/","token":"20\/7.1\/2\/20-146.14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurisdiction to modify determination","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-146.14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as otherwise provided in \u00a7 20-146.15<\/a>, a court<\/span> of the Commonwealth may not modify a child custody<\/span> determination made by a court<\/span> of another state unless a court<\/span> of the Commonwealth has jurisdiction<\/span> to make an initial determination under subdivision A 1 or A 2 of \u00a7 20-146.12<\/a> and:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The court<\/span> of the other state determines that it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction<\/span> under § 20-146.13<\/a> or that a court<\/span> of the Commonwealth would be a more convenient forum under § 20-146.18<\/a>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A court<\/span> of the Commonwealth or a court<\/span> of the other state determines that neither a parent of the child, nor the child, nor any person acting as a parent of the child presently resides in the other state. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURISDICTION TO MODIFY DETERMINATION (\u00a7 20-146.14)\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in \u00a7 20-146.15, a court of the Commonwealth may\nnot modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless\na court of the Commonwealth has jurisdiction to make an initial determination\nunder subdivision A 1 or A 2 of \u00a7 20-146.12 and:\n\n1. The court of the other state determines that it no longer has exclusive,\ncontinuing jurisdiction under § 20-146.13 or that a court of the\nCommonwealth would be a more convenient forum under § 20-146.18; or\n\n2. A court of the Commonwealth or a court of the other state determines that\nneither a parent of the child, nor the child, nor any person acting as a parent\nof the child presently resides in the other state.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 229, \u00a7 20-137; 2001, c. 305; 2016, c. 179.","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}}