                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMITMENT AND SENTENCE FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ORDER OR DECREE (§ 20-115)

Upon failure or refusal to give the recognizance provided for in § 20-114, or
upon conviction of any party for contempt of court in (i) failing or refusing to
comply with any order or decree for support and maintenance for a spouse or for
a child or children or (ii) willfully failing or refusing to comply with any
order entered pursuant to § 20-103 or § 20-107.3, the court (i) may commit and
sentence such party to a local correctional facility as provided for in § 20-61
and (ii) may assign the party to a work release program pursuant to § 53.1-131
or to perform public service work; in either event the assignment shall be for a
fixed or indeterminate period or until the further order of the court. However,
in no event shall commitment or work assignment be for more than twelve months.
The sum or sums as provided for in § 20-63, shall be paid as therein set forth,
to be used for the support and maintenance of the spouse or the child or
children for whose benefit such order or decree provided.

HISTORY: 1942, p. 639; Michie Code 1942, § 5111a; 1975, c. 644; 1991, c. 698;
1995, c. 428.