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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63531</law_id><section_number>20-88.77</section_number><catch_line>Recognition of order modified in another state</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="9">Registration and Modification of Child Support Order</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If a <span class="dictionary">child support order</span> issued by a <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of the Commonwealth is modified by a <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of another <span class="dictionary">state</span> that assumed <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of the Commonwealth:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> May enforce its order that was modified only as to <span class="dictionary">arrears</span> and interest accruing before the modification; <a id="paragraph-231454" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.77/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order that occurred before the effective date of the modification; and <a id="paragraph-231455" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.77/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Shall recognize the modifying order of the other <span class="dictionary">state</span>, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement. <a id="paragraph-231456" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.77/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 673; 1997, cc. 797, 897; 2005, c. 754.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
