                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGISTRATION OF CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION (§ 20-146.26)

A. A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be
registered in this Commonwealth, with or without a simultaneous request for
enforcement, by sending to the appropriate juvenile and domestic relations
district court in this Commonwealth:

   1. A letter or other document requesting registration;

   2. Two copies, including one certified copy, of the determination sought to be
   registered, and a statement under penalty of perjury that to the best of the
   knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration the order has not been
   modified; and

   3. Except as otherwise provided in &#xA7; 20-146.20, the name and address of
   the person seeking registration and any parent or person acting as a parent
   who has been awarded custody or visitation in the child custody determination
   sought to be registered.

B. On receipt of the documents required by subsection A, the registering court
shall:

   1. Cause the determination to be filed as a foreign judgment, together with
   one copy of any accompanying documents and information, regardless of their
   form; and

   2. Serve notice upon the persons named pursuant to subdivision A 3 and provide
   them with an opportunity to contest the registration in accordance with this
   section.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 229, § 20-139; 2001, c. 305.