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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 518<\/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 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64015,"section_number":"64.2-2108","catch_line":"Special jurisdiction","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2108\/"}],"permalink":{"id":275675,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55020,"identifier":"64.2-2109","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/2\/64.2-2109","url":"\/64.2-2109\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2109\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/D\/21\/2\/64.2-2109","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exclusive and continuing jurisdiction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2109","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as otherwise provided in \u00a7 64.2-2108<\/a>, a court<\/span> that has appointed a guardian<\/span> or issued a conservatorship order<\/span> consistent with this chapter has exclusive and continuing jurisdiction<\/span> over the proceeding until it is terminated by the court<\/span> or the appointment or order expires by its own terms.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCLUSIVE AND CONTINUING JURISDICTION (\u00a7 64.2-2109)\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in \u00a7 64.2-2108, a court that has appointed a\nguardian or issued a conservatorship order consistent with this chapter has\nexclusive and continuing jurisdiction over the proceeding until it is terminated\nby the court or the appointment or order expires by its own terms.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 518, \u00a7 37.2-1041; 2012, c. 614.","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}}