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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56762</law_id><section_number>20-146.26</section_number><catch_line>Registration of child custody determination</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>20-146.29</reference><reference>20-146.31</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="3">Enforcement</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A child <span class="dictionary">custody</span> determination issued by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of another state may be registered in this Commonwealth, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the appropriate juvenile and domestic relations district <span class="dictionary">court</span> in this Commonwealth: <a id="paragraph-207718" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.26/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A letter or other document requesting registration; <a id="paragraph-207719" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.26/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Two copies, including one certified copy, of the determination sought to be registered, and a statement under <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of <span class="dictionary">perjury</span> that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration the <span class="dictionary">order</span> has not been modified; and <a id="paragraph-207720" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.26/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Except as otherwise provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Information to be submitted to court" href="/20-146.20/">20-146.20</a>, the name and address of the person seeking registration and any parent or person acting as a parent who has been awarded <span class="dictionary">custody</span> or visitation in the child <span class="dictionary">custody</span> determination sought to be registered. <a id="paragraph-207721" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.26/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> On receipt of the documents required by subsection A, the registering <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall: <a id="paragraph-207722" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.26/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Cause the determination to be filed as a foreign <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, together with one copy of any accompanying documents and information, regardless of their form; and <a id="paragraph-207723" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.26/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Serve notice upon the persons named pursuant to subdivision A 3 and provide them with an opportunity to contest the registration in accordance with this section. <a id="paragraph-207724" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.26/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1979, c. 229, &#xA7; 20-139; 2001, c. 305.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
