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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60597</law_id><section_number>20-146.24</section_number><catch_line>Duty to enforce</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="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="3">Enforcement</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">court</span> of this Commonwealth shall recognize and enforce a child <span class="dictionary">custody</span> determination of a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of another state if the latter <span class="dictionary">court</span> exercised <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in substantial conformity with this act or the determination was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdictional standards of this act and the determination has not been modified in accordance with this act. <a id="paragraph-221494" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.24/#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 this Commonwealth may utilize any remedy available under other <span class="dictionary">law</span> of this Commonwealth to enforce a child <span class="dictionary">custody</span> determination made by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of another state. The remedies provided in this article are cumulative and do not affect the availability of other remedies to enforce a child <span class="dictionary">custody</span> determination. <a id="paragraph-221495" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.24/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1979, c. 229, &#xA7; 20-138; 2001, c. 305.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
