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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61026</law_id><section_number>20-88.76</section_number><catch_line>Modification of child support order of another state</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>20-88.35</reference><reference>20-88.75</reference><reference>20-88.77:3</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="9">Registration and Modification of Child Support Order</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Jurisdiction to modify support order of another state when individual parties reside in this Commonwealth" href="/20-88.77_1/">20-88.77:1</a> does not apply, upon <span class="dictionary">petition</span> a <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of the Commonwealth may modify a <span class="dictionary">child support order</span>, issued in another <span class="dictionary">state</span>, that is registered in the Commonwealth if, after notice and <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, the <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> finds that: <a id="paragraph-223102" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.76/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The following requirements are met:
				a. Neither the child, nor the <span class="dictionary">obligee</span> who is an individual, nor the <span class="dictionary">obligor</span> resides in the <span class="dictionary">issuing state</span>;
				b. A petitioner who is a nonresident of the Commonwealth seeks modification; and
				c. The respondent is subject to the personal <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of the Commonwealth; or <a id="paragraph-223103" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.76/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The Commonwealth is the residence of the child or a <span class="dictionary">party</span> who is an individual is subject to the personal <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the tribunal of the Commonwealth and all of the individual parties who are individuals have filed consents in a <span class="dictionary">record</span> in the <span class="dictionary">issuing tribunal</span> for a tribunal of the Commonwealth to modify the support order and assume continuing, exclusive <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-223104" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.76/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Modification of a registered <span class="dictionary">child support order</span> is subject to the same requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to the modification of an order issued by a tribunal of the Commonwealth and the order may be enforced and satisfied in the same manner. <a id="paragraph-223105" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.76/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A tribunal of the Commonwealth may not modify any aspect of a <span class="dictionary">child support order</span> that may not be modified under the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the <span class="dictionary">issuing state</span>, including the duration of the obligation of support. If two or more <span class="dictionary">tribunals</span> have issued <span class="dictionary">child support orders</span> for the same <span class="dictionary">obligor</span> and same child, the order that controls and shall be so recognized under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Determination of controlling child support order" href="/20-88.41/">20-88.41</a> establishes the aspects of the support order which are nonmodifiable. <a id="paragraph-223106" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.76/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> In a proceeding to modify a <span class="dictionary">child support order</span>, the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the state that is determined to have issued the initial controlling order governs the duration of the obligation of support. The <span class="dictionary">obligor</span>&#x2019;s fulfillment of the <span class="dictionary">duty of support</span> established by that order precludes imposition of a further obligation of support by a tribunal of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-223107" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.76/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> On issuance of an order by a tribunal of the Commonwealth modifying a <span class="dictionary">child support order</span> issued in another state, the tribunal of the Commonwealth becomes the tribunal having continuing, exclusive <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-223108" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.76/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> Notwithstanding subsections A through E and &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident" href="/20-88.35/">20-88.35</a>, a tribunal of the Commonwealth retains <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to modify an order issued by a tribunal of the Commonwealth if one <span class="dictionary">party</span> resides in another state and the other <span class="dictionary">party</span> resides outside the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>. <a id="paragraph-223109" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.76/#F"><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>
