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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72770</law_id><section_number>20-88.89</section_number><catch_line>Contest of registered convention support order</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>20-88.70</reference><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="13">Support Proceeding Under Hague Convention</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order" href="/20-88.71/">20-88.71</a>, <a class="law" title="Contest of registration or enforcement" href="/20-88.72/">20-88.72</a>, and <a class="law" title="Confirmed order" href="/20-88.73/">20-88.73</a> apply to a contest of a registered <span class="dictionary">Convention support order</span>. <a id="paragraph-262104" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.89/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">party</span> contesting a registered <span class="dictionary">Convention support order</span> shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting <span class="dictionary">party</span> does not reside in the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>, the contest must be filed not later than 60 days after notice of the registration. <a id="paragraph-262105" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.89/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If the non-registering <span class="dictionary">party</span> fails to contest the registered <span class="dictionary">Convention support order</span> within the time period specified in subsection B, the order is enforceable. <a id="paragraph-262106" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.89/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A contest of a registered <span class="dictionary">Convention support order</span> may be based only on grounds set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order" href="/20-88.90/">20-88.90</a>. The contesting <span class="dictionary">party</span> bears the <span class="dictionary">burden of proof</span>. <a id="paragraph-262107" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.89/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> In a contest of a registered <span class="dictionary">Convention support order</span>, a <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of the Commonwealth: <a id="paragraph-262108" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.89/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Is bound by the <span class="dictionary">findings</span> of <span class="dictionary">fact</span> on which the <span class="dictionary">foreign tribunal</span> based its <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>; and <a id="paragraph-262109" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.89/#E1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> May not review the merits of the order. <a id="paragraph-262110" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.89/#E2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> A tribunal of the Commonwealth deciding a contest of a registered <span class="dictionary">Convention support order</span> shall promptly notify the parties of its decision. <a id="paragraph-262111" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.89/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="G"><p><span class="prefix-number">G.</span> A challenge or <span class="dictionary">appeal</span>, if any, does not <span class="dictionary">stay</span> the enforcement of a <span class="dictionary">Convention support order</span> unless there are exceptional circumstances. <a id="paragraph-262112" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.89/#G"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2015, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
