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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 413 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1976, chapter 357; in 1977, chapter 662; in 1985, chapter 488; in 1986, chapter 594; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 722<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77212,"section_number":"20-79.3","catch_line":"Information required in income deduction order","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-79.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69441,"section_number":"63.2-1945","catch_line":"Assignment of earnings to be honored; inapplicability of \u00a7 40.1-31","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1945\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272689,"object_type":"law","relational_id":53984,"identifier":"63.2-1944","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/8\/63.2-1944","url":"\/63.2-1944\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1944\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/8\/63.2-1944","dublin_core":{"Title":"Employee debtor rights protected; limitation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1944","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No employer<\/span> shall discharge an employee<\/span> or terminate a contract<\/span> with an independent contractor<\/span> solely for reason that a voluntary assignment of earnings under \u00a7 63.2-1945<\/a> has been presented in settlement<\/span> of a support debt<\/span> or that a support lien<\/span> or order<\/span> to withhold and deliver has been served against such employee<\/span>’s or independent contractor<\/span>’s earnings or income<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMPLOYEE DEBTOR RIGHTS PROTECTED; LIMITATION (\u00a7 63.2-1944)\n\nNo employer shall discharge an employee or terminate a contract with an\nindependent contractor solely for reason that a voluntary assignment of earnings\nunder \u00a7 63.2-1945 has been presented in settlement of a support debt or that a\nsupport lien or order to withhold and deliver has been served against such\nemployee’s or independent contractor’s earnings or income.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 413, \u00a7 63.1-271; 1976, c. 357; 1977, c. 662; 1985, c. 488;\n1986, c. 594; 2002, c. 747; 2020, c. 722.","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}}