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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75217</law_id><section_number>20-88.49</section_number><catch_line>Inappropriate 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><p>If a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of this Commonwealth, it shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> in this Commonwealth or another <span class="dictionary">state</span>, and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.</p></section></text><history>1994, c. 673; 1997, cc. 797, 897.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
