{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/20-157.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/20-157.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/20-157.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/20-157.html"}],"law_id":72814,"edition_id":1,"section_id":72814,"structure_id":13295,"section_number":"20-157","catch_line":"Virginia law to control","history":"1991, c. 600.","full_text":"The provisions of this chapter shall control, without exception, in any action brought in the courts of this Commonwealth to enforce or adjudicate any rights or responsibilities arising under this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":262327,"text":"The provisions of this chapter shall control, without exception, in any action brought in the courts of this Commonwealth to enforce or adjudicate any rights or responsibilities arising under this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13295,"edition_id":1,"name":"Status of Children of Assisted Conception","identifier":"9","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12711,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:35","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:35","permalink":{"id":179423,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13295,"identifier":"9","token":"20\/9","url":"\/20\/9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12711,"edition_id":1,"name":"Domestic Relations","identifier":"20","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":178075,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12711,"identifier":"20","token":"20","url":"\/20\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":82276,"structure_id":13295,"section_number":"20-156","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/20-156\/","token":"20\/9\/20-156","metadata":false},{"id":72814,"structure_id":13295,"section_number":"20-157","catch_line":"Virginia law to control","url":"\/20-157\/","token":"20\/9\/20-157","metadata":false},{"id":64023,"structure_id":13295,"section_number":"20-158","catch_line":"Parentage of child resulting from assisted conception","url":"\/20-158\/","token":"20\/9\/20-158","metadata":false},{"id":58977,"structure_id":13295,"section_number":"20-159","catch_line":"Surrogacy contracts permissible","url":"\/20-159\/","token":"20\/9\/20-159","metadata":false},{"id":54684,"structure_id":13295,"section_number":"20-160","catch_line":"Petition and hearing for court approval of surrogacy contract; requirements; orders","url":"\/20-160\/","token":"20\/9\/20-160","metadata":false},{"id":78021,"structure_id":13295,"section_number":"20-161","catch_line":"Termination of court-approved surrogacy contract","url":"\/20-161\/","token":"20\/9\/20-161","metadata":false},{"id":62248,"structure_id":13295,"section_number":"20-162","catch_line":"Contracts not approved by the court; requirements","url":"\/20-162\/","token":"20\/9\/20-162","metadata":false},{"id":72103,"structure_id":13295,"section_number":"20-163","catch_line":"Miscellaneous provisions related to all surrogacy contracts","url":"\/20-163\/","token":"20\/9\/20-163","metadata":false},{"id":54285,"structure_id":13295,"section_number":"20-164","catch_line":"Relation of parent and child","url":"\/20-164\/","token":"20\/9\/20-164","metadata":false},{"id":57273,"structure_id":13295,"section_number":"20-165","catch_line":"Surrogate brokers prohibited; penalty; liability of surrogate brokers","url":"\/20-165\/","token":"20\/9\/20-165","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":82276,"structure_id":13295,"section_number":"20-156","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/20-156\/","token":"20\/9\/20-156","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":64023,"structure_id":13295,"section_number":"20-158","catch_line":"Parentage of child resulting from assisted conception","url":"\/20-158\/","token":"20\/9\/20-158","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/20-157\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 600 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 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":54684,"section_number":"20-160","catch_line":"Petition and hearing for court approval of surrogacy contract; requirements; orders","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-160\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":179429,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72814,"identifier":"20-157","token":"20\/9\/20-157","url":"\/20-157\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-157\/","token":"20\/9\/20-157","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia law to control","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-157","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The provisions of this chapter shall control, without exception, in any action brought in the <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> of this Commonwealth to enforce or <span class=\"dictionary\">adjudicate<\/span> any rights or responsibilities arising under this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA LAW TO CONTROL (\u00a7 20-157)\n\nThe provisions of this chapter shall control, without exception, in any action\nbrought in the courts of this Commonwealth to enforce or adjudicate any rights\nor responsibilities arising under this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 600.","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}}