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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 906 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. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":69701,"section_number":"63.2-1923","catch_line":"Immediate withholding from income; exception; notices required","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1923\/"},{"id":74827,"section_number":"63.2-1924","catch_line":"Withholding from income; default of administrative or judicial support order; notices required; priorities; orders from other states","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1924\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272603,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54433,"identifier":"63.2-1926","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/5\/63.2-1926","url":"\/63.2-1926\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1926\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/5\/63.2-1926","dublin_core":{"Title":"Withholding pursuant to foreign support order","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1926","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a court<\/span> of competent jurisdiction<\/span> or the agency operating pursuant to an approved state plan under Sections 452 and 454 of the Social Security Act, as amended, in any state, territory of the United States or the District of Columbia has ordered a person to pay child<\/span> or child<\/span> and spousal support, upon notice and hearing<\/span> as provided in this section, the Department<\/span> shall order such noncustodial parent<\/span>’s employer<\/span> in this Commonwealth to withhold from the earnings of the noncustodial parent<\/span> pursuant to a foreign support order<\/span> in the same manner as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 63.2-1923<\/a> and 63.2-1924<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWITHHOLDING PURSUANT TO FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDER (\u00a7 63.2-1926)\n\nIf a court of competent jurisdiction or the agency operating pursuant to an\napproved state plan under Sections 452 and 454 of the Social Security Act, as\namended, in any state, territory of the United States or the District of\nColumbia has ordered a person to pay child or child and spousal support, upon\nnotice and hearing as provided in this section, the Department shall order such\nnoncustodial parent’s employer in this Commonwealth to withhold from the\nearnings of the noncustodial parent pursuant to a foreign support order in the\nsame manner as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 63.2-1923 and 63.2-1924.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 906, \u00a7 63.1-258.2; 2002, c. 747.","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}}