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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":56615,"section_number":"20-146.7","catch_line":"Notice to persons outside state","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.7\/"}],"permalink":{"id":179251,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84722,"identifier":"20-146.5","token":"20\/7.1\/1\/20-146.5","url":"\/20-146.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-146.5\/","token":"20\/7.1\/1\/20-146.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of child custody determination","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-146.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A child custody<\/span> determination made by a court<\/span> of this Commonwealth that had jurisdiction<\/span> under this act binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth or notified in accordance with \u00a7 20-146.7<\/a> or who have submitted to the jurisdiction<\/span> of the court<\/span>, and who have been given an opportunity to be heard. As to those persons, the determination is conclusive as to all decided issues<\/span> of law<\/span> and fact<\/span> except to the extent the determination is modified by a court<\/span> properly having jurisdiction<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION (\u00a7 20-146.5)\n\nA child custody determination made by a court of this Commonwealth that had\njurisdiction under this act binds all persons who have been served in accordance\nwith the laws of this Commonwealth or notified in accordance with \u00a7 20-146.7 or\nwho have submitted to the jurisdiction of the court, and who have been given an\nopportunity to be heard. As to those persons, the determination is conclusive as\nto all decided issues of law and fact except to the extent the determination is\nmodified by a court properly having jurisdiction.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 229, \u00a7 20-135; 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}}