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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 754<\/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 2015, chapter 727<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64441,"section_number":"20-88.44","catch_line":"Proceedings under this chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.44\/"},{"id":64575,"section_number":"20-88.59","catch_line":"Special rules of evidence and procedure","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.59\/"},{"id":55870,"section_number":"20-88.60","catch_line":"Communications between tribunals","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.60\/"},{"id":68397,"section_number":"20-88.61","catch_line":"Assistance with discovery","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.61\/"}],"permalink":{"id":178737,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70653,"identifier":"20-88.43:1","token":"20\/5.3\/4\/20-88.43_1","url":"\/20-88.43_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.43_1\/","token":"20\/5.3\/4\/20-88.43_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.43:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A tribunal<\/span> of the Commonwealth exercising personal jurisdiction<\/span> over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other law<\/span> of the Commonwealth relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order<\/span> may receive evidence<\/span> from outside the Commonwealth<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 20-88.59<\/a>, communicate with a tribunal<\/span> of another state<\/span> outside the Commonwealth<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 20-88.60<\/a> and obtain discovery<\/span> through a tribunal<\/span> outside the Commonwealth<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 20-88.61<\/a>. In all other respects, Articles 5 through 9 (\u00a7 20-88.44<\/a> et seq.) do not apply and the tribunal<\/span> shall apply the procedural and substantive law<\/span> of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION TO NONRESIDENT SUBJECT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION (\u00a7 20-88.43:1)\n\nA tribunal of the Commonwealth exercising personal jurisdiction over a\nnonresident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other law of the\nCommonwealth relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order\nmay receive evidence from outside the Commonwealth pursuant to \u00a7 20-88.59,\ncommunicate with a tribunal of another state outside the Commonwealth pursuant\nto \u00a7 20-88.60 and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside the Commonwealth\npursuant to \u00a7 20-88.61. In all other respects, Articles 5 through 9 (\u00a7\n20-88.44 et seq.) do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and\nsubstantive law of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.","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}}