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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80029</law_id><section_number>63.2-1949</section_number><catch_line>Authority of city, county, or attorney for the Commonwealth to represent the Department</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="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Administrative Child Support</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="19">Child Support Enforcement</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="9">Legal Representation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In <span class="dictionary">order</span> to carry out the responsibilities of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> imposed under this chapter, any city or county attorney is authorized to represent the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> in any civil proceeding necessary for the establishment, modification, enforcement, or collection of support obligations and any attorney for the Commonwealth is authorized to represent the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> in any civil or criminal proceeding necessary for the establishment, modification, enforcement, or collection of support obligations.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 906, &#xA7; 63.1-274.4; 1990, c. 85; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
