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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":[{"id":65936,"section_number":"20-88.35","catch_line":"Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.35\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61026,"section_number":"20-88.76","catch_line":"Modification of child support order of another state","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.76\/"},{"id":73784,"section_number":"20-88.93","catch_line":"Modification of Convention child support order","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.93\/"}],"permalink":{"id":178923,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58475,"identifier":"20-88.77:3","token":"20\/5.3\/9\/20-88.77_3","url":"\/20-88.77_3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.77_3\/","token":"20\/5.3\/9\/20-88.77_3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.77:3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as provided in § 20-88.93<\/a>, if a foreign country<\/span> lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction<\/span> to modify its child support order<\/span> pursuant to its laws<\/span>, a tribunal<\/span> of the Commonwealth may assume jurisdiction<\/span>, for good cause shown as ordered, to modify the child support order<\/span> and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction<\/span> of the tribunal<\/span> whether or not the consent to modification of a child support order<\/span> otherwise required of the individual pursuant to § 20-88.76<\/a> has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of the Commonwealth or of the foreign country<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> An order issued by a tribunal<\/span> of the Commonwealth modifying a foreign child support order<\/span> pursuant to this section is the controlling order. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY (\u00a7 20-88.77:3)\n\nA. Except as provided in § 20-88.93, if a foreign country lacks or refuses\nto exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws,\na tribunal of the Commonwealth may assume jurisdiction, for good cause shown as\nordered, to modify the child support order and bind all individuals subject to\nthe personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether or not the consent to\nmodification of a child support order otherwise required of the individual\npursuant to § 20-88.76 has been given or whether the individual seeking\nmodification is a resident of the Commonwealth or of the foreign country.\n\nB. An order issued by a tribunal of the Commonwealth modifying a foreign child\nsupport order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.\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}}