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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73838</law_id><section_number>8.01-576.11</section_number><catch_line>Effect of written settlement agreement</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="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="20.2">Court-Referred Dispute Resolution Proceedings</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the parties reach a <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> and execute a written agreement disposing of the dispute, the agreement is enforceable in the same manner as any other written <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. Upon request of all parties and consistent with <span class="dictionary">law</span> and public policy, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall incorporate the written agreement into the terms of its final <span class="dictionary">decree</span> disposing of a case. In cases in which the dispute involves support for the <span class="dictionary">minor</span> children of the parties, an <span class="dictionary">order</span> incorporating a written agreement shall also include the child support guidelines worksheet and, if applicable, the written reasons for any deviation from the guidelines. The child support guidelines worksheet shall be attached to the <span class="dictionary">order</span>.</p></section></text><history>1993, c. 905; 1994, c. 687.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
