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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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 305<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56827,"section_number":"20-146.12","catch_line":"Initial child custody jurisdiction","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.12\/"}],"permalink":{"id":179335,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66332,"identifier":"20-146.27","token":"20\/7.1\/3\/20-146.27","url":"\/20-146.27\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-146.27\/","token":"20\/7.1\/3\/20-146.27","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement of registered determination","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-146.27","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A court<\/span> of this Commonwealth may grant any relief normally available under the law<\/span> of this Commonwealth to enforce a registered child custody<\/span> determination made by a court<\/span> of another state. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A court<\/span> of this Commonwealth shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, except in accordance with Article 2 (§ 20-146.12<\/a> et seq.) of this chapter, a registered child custody<\/span> determination of a court<\/span> of another state. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT OF REGISTERED DETERMINATION (\u00a7 20-146.27)\n\nA. A court of this Commonwealth may grant any relief normally available under\nthe law of this Commonwealth to enforce a registered child custody determination\nmade by a court of another state.\n\nB. A court of this Commonwealth shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify,\nexcept in accordance with Article 2 (§ 20-146.12 et seq.) of this chapter,\na registered child custody determination of a court of another state.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 229, \u00a7 20-138; 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}}