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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81145</law_id><section_number>20-88.62</section_number><catch_line>Receipt and disbursement of payments</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> A <span class="dictionary">support enforcement agency</span> or <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of the Commonwealth shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a <span class="dictionary">support order</span>, as directed by the order. The <span class="dictionary">support enforcement agency</span> or <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> shall furnish to a requesting <span class="dictionary">party</span> or <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of another <span class="dictionary">state</span> or a <span class="dictionary">foreign country</span> a certified statement by the custodian of the <span class="dictionary">record</span> of the amounts and dates of all payments received. <a id="paragraph-290843" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.62/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If neither the <span class="dictionary">obligor</span>, nor the <span class="dictionary">obligee</span> who is an individual, nor the <span class="dictionary">child</span> resides in the Commonwealth, upon request from the <span class="dictionary">support enforcement agency</span> of the Commonwealth or another <span class="dictionary">state</span>, the <span class="dictionary">support enforcement agency</span> of the Commonwealth or a <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of the Commonwealth shall: <a id="paragraph-290844" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.62/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Order that the support payment be made to the <span class="dictionary">support enforcement agency</span> in the <span class="dictionary">state</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">obligee</span> is receiving services; and <a id="paragraph-290845" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.62/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Issue</span> and send to the <span class="dictionary">obligor</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">employer</span> a conforming <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">income</span>-withholding order</span> or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments. <a id="paragraph-290846" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.62/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">support enforcement agency</span> of the Commonwealth receiving redirected payments from another <span class="dictionary">state</span> pursuant to a <span class="dictionary">law</span> similar to subsection B shall furnish to a requesting <span class="dictionary">party</span> or <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of the other <span class="dictionary">state</span> a certified statement by the custodian of the <span class="dictionary">record</span> of the amount and dates of all payments received. <a id="paragraph-290847" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.62/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
