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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0727\">727<\/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":[{"id":85713,"section_number":"20-88.32","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.32\/"}],"permalink":{"id":178647,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63851,"identifier":"20-88.84","token":"20\/5.3\/13\/20-88.84","url":"\/20-88.84\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.84\/","token":"20\/5.3\/13\/20-88.84","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.84","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>This article applies only to a support proceeding under the <span class=\"dictionary\">Convention<\/span>. 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