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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71952</law_id><section_number>20-146.13</section_number><catch_line>Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>20-146.14</reference><reference>20-146.15</reference><reference>20-146.19</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="7.1">Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Jurisdiction</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as otherwise provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Temporary emergency jurisdiction" href="/20-146.15/">20-146.15</a>, a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the Commonwealth that has made a child <span class="dictionary">custody</span> determination consistent with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Initial child custody jurisdiction" href="/20-146.12/">20-146.12</a> or <a class="law" title="Jurisdiction to modify determination" href="/20-146.14/">20-146.14</a> has exclusive, continuing <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> as long as the child, a parent of the child, or any person acting as a parent of the child continues to live in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-259276" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.13/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the Commonwealth that has made a child <span class="dictionary">custody</span> determination and does not have exclusive, continuing <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> under this section may modify that determination only if it has <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to make an initial determination under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Initial child custody jurisdiction" href="/20-146.12/">20-146.12</a>. <a id="paragraph-259277" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.13/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2001, c. 305; 2016, c. 179.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
