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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63607</law_id><section_number>16.1-278.17</section_number><catch_line>Pendente lite support</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Disposition</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In cases involving (i) the <span class="dictionary">custody</span>, visitation or support of a child arising under subdivision A 3 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Jurisdiction; consent for abortion" href="/16.1-241/">16.1-241</a>, (ii) spousal support arising under subsection L of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Jurisdiction; consent for abortion" href="/16.1-241/">16.1-241</a>, or (iii) support, maintenance, care, and <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of a child or support and maintenance of a spouse transferred to the juvenile and domestic relations district court pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Effect of divorce proceedings" href="/20-79/">20-79</a>, <span class="dictionary">the court</span> may enter support <span class="dictionary">orders</span> in <span class="dictionary">pendente lite</span> proceedings, provided such proceedings are not <span class="dictionary">ex parte</span>.</p></section></text><history>1991, c. 534.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
