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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 797<\/a> and 897<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":178919,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78321,"identifier":"20-88.77:2","token":"20\/5.3\/9\/20-88.77_2","url":"\/20-88.77_2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.77_2\/","token":"20\/5.3\/9\/20-88.77_2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice to issuing tribunal of modification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.77:2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child support order<\/span>, the party<\/span> obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal<\/span> that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction<\/span> over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party<\/span> knows the earlier order has been registered. A party<\/span> who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions<\/span> by a tribunal in which the issue<\/span> of failure to file arises. The failure does not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE TO ISSUING TRIBUNAL OF MODIFICATION (\u00a7 20-88.77:2)\n\nWithin thirty days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party\nobtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the\nissuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier\norder, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been\nregistered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is\nsubject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to\nfile arises. The failure does not affect the validity or enforceability of the\nmodified order of the new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 797, 897.","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}}