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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66623</law_id><section_number>20-124.7</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>20-108</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="20">Domestic Relations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Virginia Military Parents Equal Protection Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For purposes of this chapter:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Deploying parent or guardian</span>&#x201D; means a parent of a child under the age of 18 whose parental rights have not been terminated by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of competent <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> or a guardian of a child under the age of 18 who is deployed or who has received written <span class="dictionary">orders</span> to deploy with the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force, National Guard, or any other reserve component thereof.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Deployment</span>&#x201D; means compliance with military <span class="dictionary">orders</span> received by a member of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force, National Guard, or any other reserve component thereof to report for combat operations or other active service for which the <span class="dictionary">deploying parent or guardian</span> is required to report unaccompanied by any family member.</p></section></text><history>2008, c. 750; 2024, cc. 22, 817.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
