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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 905 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 1993 \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 1994, chapter 687<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":278781,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73838,"identifier":"8.01-576.11","token":"8.01\/20.2\/8.01-576.11","url":"\/8.01-576.11\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-576.11\/","token":"8.01\/20.2\/8.01-576.11","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of written settlement agreement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-576.11","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the parties reach a settlement<\/span> and execute a written agreement disposing of the dispute, the agreement is enforceable in the same manner as any other written contract<\/span>. Upon request of all parties and consistent with law<\/span> and public policy, the court<\/span> shall incorporate the written agreement into the terms of its final decree<\/span> disposing of a case. In cases in which the dispute involves support for the minor<\/span> children of the parties, an order<\/span> incorporating a written agreement shall also include the child support guidelines worksheet and, if applicable, the written reasons for any deviation from the guidelines. The child support guidelines worksheet shall be attached to the order<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF WRITTEN SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (\u00a7 8.01-576.11)\n\nIf the parties reach a settlement and execute a written agreement disposing of\nthe dispute, the agreement is enforceable in the same manner as any other\nwritten contract. Upon request of all parties and consistent with law and public\npolicy, the court shall incorporate the written agreement into the terms of its\nfinal decree disposing of a case. In cases in which the dispute involves support\nfor the minor children of the parties, an order incorporating a written\nagreement shall also include the child support guidelines worksheet and, if\napplicable, the written reasons for any deviation from the guidelines. The child\nsupport guidelines worksheet shall be attached to the order.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 905; 1994, c. 687.","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}}