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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 2002, chapter 718<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55196,"section_number":"8.01-576.5","catch_line":"Referral of disputes to dispute resolution proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-576.5\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":278797,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72333,"identifier":"8.01-576.6","token":"8.01\/20.2\/8.01-576.6","url":"\/8.01-576.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-576.6\/","token":"8.01\/20.2\/8.01-576.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice and opportunity to object","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-576.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When a court<\/span> has determined that referral to an orientation session is appropriate, an order<\/span> of referral to a neutral or to a dispute resolution program shall be entered and the parties shall be so notified as expeditiously as possible. The court<\/span> shall excuse the parties from participation in an orientation session if, within fourteen days after entry of the order<\/span>, a written statement signed by any party<\/span> is filed with the court<\/span>, stating that the dispute resolution process has been explained to the party<\/span> and he objects<\/span> to the referral.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT (\u00a7 8.01-576.6)\n\nWhen a court has determined that referral to an orientation session is\nappropriate, an order of referral to a neutral or to a dispute resolution\nprogram shall be entered and the parties shall be so notified as expeditiously\nas possible. The court shall excuse the parties from participation in an\norientation session if, within fourteen days after entry of the order, a written\nstatement signed by any party is filed with the court, stating that the dispute\nresolution process has been explained to the party and he objects to the\nreferral.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 905; 2002, c. 718.","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}}