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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66332</law_id><section_number>20-146.27</section_number><catch_line>Enforcement of registered determination</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 may grant any relief normally available under the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of this Commonwealth to enforce a registered child <span class="dictionary">custody</span> determination made by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of another state. <a id="paragraph-240832" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.27/#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 shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, except in accordance with Article 2 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Initial child custody jurisdiction" href="/20-146.12/">20-146.12</a> et seq.) of this chapter, a registered child <span class="dictionary">custody</span> determination of a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of another state. <a id="paragraph-240833" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.27/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1979, c. 229, &#xA7; 20-138; 2001, c. 305.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
