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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60367</law_id><section_number>20-88.54</section_number><catch_line>Pleadings and accompanying documents</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>20-88.88</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="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> In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a <span class="dictionary">support order</span>, to determine parentage of a <span class="dictionary">child</span>, or to <span class="dictionary">register</span> and modify a <span class="dictionary">support order</span> of a <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of another <span class="dictionary">state</span> or a <span class="dictionary">foreign country</span> shall file a <span class="dictionary">petition</span>. Unless otherwise ordered under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances" href="/20-88.55/">20-88.55</a>, the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> or accompanying documents shall provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the <span class="dictionary">obligor</span> and the <span class="dictionary">obligee</span> or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each <span class="dictionary">child</span> for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> shall be accompanied by a copy of any <span class="dictionary">support order</span> known to have been issued by another <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span>. The <span class="dictionary">petition</span> may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent. <a id="paragraph-220792" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.54/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">petition</span> shall specify the relief sought. The <span class="dictionary">petition</span> and accompanying documents shall conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal <span class="dictionary">law</span> for use in cases filed by a <span class="dictionary">support enforcement agency</span>. <a id="paragraph-220793" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.54/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
