CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO RESIDENT OF FOREIGN COUNTRY AND FOREIGN SUPPORT
PROCEEDING (§ 20-88.34:1)

A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth shall apply Articles 1 through 9 (§
20-88.32 et seq.) and, as applicable, Article 13 (§ 20-88.83 et seq.) to a
support proceeding involving a foreign support order, a foreign tribunal, or an
obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.

B. A tribunal of the Commonwealth that is requested to recognize and enforce a
support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive
provisions of Articles 1 through 9 (§ 20-88.32 et seq.).

C. Article 13 (§ 20-88.83 et seq.) applies only to a support proceeding
under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article 13 is
inconsistent with Articles 1 through 9 (§ 20-88.32 et seq.), Article 13
controls.

HISTORY: 2015, c. 727.