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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 796<\/a> and 895<\/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. 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 1998, chapter 884<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54223,"section_number":"20-60.3","catch_line":"Contents of support orders","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-60.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":178417,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68959,"identifier":"20-60.6","token":"20\/4.1\/20-60.6","url":"\/20-60.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-60.6\/","token":"20\/4.1\/20-60.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"When delivery of notice to party at last known address sufficient","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-60.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any subsequent child support enforcement proceeding between the parties, upon sufficient showing that diligent effort was made to ascertain the location of a party<\/span>, that party<\/span> may be served with any required notice by delivery of the written notice to that party<\/span>’s residential or business address as filed with the court<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 20-60.3<\/a> or the Department of Social Services, or if changed, as shown in the records of the Department of Social Services, or the court<\/span>. However, any person served with notice as provided in this section may challenge, in a subsequent judicial proceeding, an order<\/span> entered based upon such service on the grounds that he did not receive the notice and enforcement of the order<\/span> would constitute manifest injustice.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN DELIVERY OF NOTICE TO PARTY AT LAST KNOWN ADDRESS SUFFICIENT (\u00a7 20-60.6)\n\nIn any subsequent child support enforcement proceeding between the parties, upon\nsufficient showing that diligent effort was made to ascertain the location of a\nparty, that party may be served with any required notice by delivery of the\nwritten notice to that party’s residential or business address as filed\nwith the court pursuant to \u00a7 20-60.3 or the Department of Social Services, or\nif changed, as shown in the records of the Department of Social Services, or the\ncourt. However, any person served with notice as provided in this section may\nchallenge, in a subsequent judicial proceeding, an order entered based upon such\nservice on the grounds that he did not receive the notice and enforcement of the\norder would constitute manifest injustice.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 796, 895; 1998, c. 884.","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}}