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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 305<\/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":[{"id":82783,"section_number":"20-146.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.1\/"},{"id":60654,"section_number":"20-146.3","catch_line":"Application to Indian tribes","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.3\/"},{"id":73892,"section_number":"20-146.4","catch_line":"International application","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.4\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":179315,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63086,"identifier":"20-146.22","token":"20\/7.1\/3\/20-146.22","url":"\/20-146.22\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-146.22\/","token":"20\/7.1\/3\/20-146.22","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-146.22","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In this article:\n\t\t“Petitioner<\/span>” means a person who seeks enforcement of an order<\/span> for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody<\/span> determination.\n\t\t“Respondent<\/span>” means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced for enforcement of an order<\/span> for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody<\/span> determination.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 20-146.22)\n\nIn this article:\n\t\t“Petitioner” means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for\nreturn of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of\nInternational Child Abduction or enforcement of a child custody determination.\n\t\t“Respondent” means a person against whom a proceeding has been\ncommenced for enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague\nConvention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement\nof a child custody determination.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 305.","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}}