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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73084</law_id><section_number>20-88.34:1</section_number><catch_line>Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding</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="5.3">Uniform Interstate Family Support Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A tribunal of the Commonwealth shall apply Articles 1 through 9 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/20-88.32/">20-88.32</a> et seq.) and, as applicable, Article 13 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/20-88.83/">20-88.83</a> et seq.) to a support proceeding involving a <span class="dictionary">foreign support order</span>, a <span class="dictionary">foreign tribunal</span>, or an <span class="dictionary">obligee</span>, <span class="dictionary">obligor</span>, or <span class="dictionary">child</span> residing in a <span class="dictionary">foreign country</span>. <a id="paragraph-263163" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.34_1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A tribunal of the Commonwealth that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Articles 1 through 9 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/20-88.32/">20-88.32</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-263164" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.34_1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Article 13 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/20-88.83/">20-88.83</a> et seq.) applies only to a support proceeding under the <span class="dictionary">Convention</span>. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article 13 is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 9 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/20-88.32/">20-88.32</a> et seq.), Article 13 controls. <a id="paragraph-263165" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.34_1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2015, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
