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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78091</law_id><section_number>20-88.47</section_number><catch_line>Duties of initiating tribunal</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="5">Civil Provisions of General Application</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Upon the filing of a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> authorized by this chapter, an <span class="dictionary">initiating tribunal</span> of the Commonwealth shall forward the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> and its accompanying documents (i) to the <span class="dictionary">responding tribunal</span> or appropriate <span class="dictionary">support enforcement agency</span> in the <span class="dictionary">responding state</span> or, (ii) if the identity of the <span class="dictionary">responding tribunal</span> is unknown, to the state information agency of the <span class="dictionary">responding state</span> with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged. <a id="paragraph-279968" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.47/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If requested by the <span class="dictionary">responding tribunal</span>, a tribunal of the Commonwealth shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a certificate or other documents and make <span class="dictionary">findings</span> required by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the <span class="dictionary">responding state</span>. If the <span class="dictionary">responding tribunal</span> is in a <span class="dictionary">foreign country</span>, upon request the tribunal of the Commonwealth shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding <span class="dictionary">foreign tribunal</span>. <a id="paragraph-279969" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.47/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 673; 1997, cc. 797, 897; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
