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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83654</law_id><section_number>16.1-305.01</section_number><catch_line>Access to child and spousal support case files</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="12">Confidentiality and Expungement</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All child support and spousal support <span class="dictionary">case files</span>, whether physical or digital, shall be open for inspection only to the following:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">The judge</span>, court officials, and clerk or deputy clerk assigned to serve <span class="dictionary">the court</span> in which the case is pending or to which the case is transferred pursuant to <span class="dictionary">court order</span>; <a id="paragraph-299842" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-305.01/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the case; <a id="paragraph-299843" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-305.01/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any attorney of record to the case; and <a id="paragraph-299844" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-305.01/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Social Services and the Division of Child Support Enforcement.
			Any other person, agency, or institution having a legitimate interest in such <span class="dictionary">case files</span> or the work of <span class="dictionary">the court</span>, by order of <span class="dictionary">the court</span>, may inspect the <span class="dictionary">case files</span>. <a id="paragraph-299845" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-305.01/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2018, c. 18.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
