                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROCEDURE WHEN RESPONDENT FAILS TO PERFORM ORDER FOR SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF
CHILD OR SPOUSE OR OWES SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND
MAINTENANCE (§ 20-113)

The court, when it finds the respondent has failed to perform the order of the
court concerning the custody or the maintenance and support of the child or
support and maintenance of the spouse, or under the existing circumstances is
under the duty to render support or additional support to the child or to pay
for the support and maintenance of the spouse, may proceed to deal with the
respondent as provided in §§ 20-79.1, 20-114, and 20-115. In addition, the
court may enter a qualified domestic relations order or other order for the
purpose of enforcing a support order by attaching or garnishing any pension,
profit-sharing, or deferred compensation plan or retirement benefits pursuant to
the United States Internal Revenue Code or other applicable federal laws. The
court may revise and alter its decree as to the child or support and maintenance
of the spouse, and grant leave to the petitioner to proceed in the appropriate
juvenile and domestic relations district court in conformity with any applicable
law; or it may, at the application of any party or on its own motion certify its
final order granting support of the child or support and maintenance of the
spouse to such juvenile and domestic relations district court for enforcement of
collection as though such order had been made in such juvenile and domestic
relations district court, in accordance with § 20-79 (c).
		When the petitioner has been granted leave to proceed in a juvenile and
domestic relations district court all proceedings thereafter shall conform to
the provisions of Chapter 5 (§ 20-61 et seq.).

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5111; 1944, p. 398; 1948, p. 593; 1964, c. 273; 1968, c.
483; 1970, c. 761; 1975, c. 644; 1982, c. 298; 2012, c. 39.