                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIOLATION OF COURT ORDER REGARDING CUSTODY AND VISITATION; PENALTY (§
18.2-49.1)

A. Any person who knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally withholds a child from
either of a child&#8217;s parents or other legal guardian in a clear and
significant violation of a court order respecting the custody or visitation of
such child, provided such child is withheld outside of the Commonwealth, is
guilty of a Class 6 felony.

B. Any person who knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally engages in conduct
that constitutes a clear and significant violation of a court order respecting
the custody or visitation of a child is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor upon
conviction of a first offense. Any person who commits a second violation of this
section within 12 months of a first conviction is guilty of a Class 2
misdemeanor, and any person who commits a third violation occurring within 24
months of the first conviction is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 704; 1989, c. 486; 1994, c. 575; 2002, cc. 576, 596; 2003, c.
261.