                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

JURISDICTION (§ 20-67)

Proceedings under this chapter shall be had in the juvenile and domestic
relations district courts, which shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in
all cases arising under this chapter, except that any grand jury of any circuit
court may indict for desertion and nonsupport in any case wherein the defendant
is a fugitive from the Commonwealth, and any defendant so indicted or presented
and apprehended may be tried by the court in which the indictment or presentment
is found or, in the discretion of the court, referred to the juvenile and
domestic relations district court.

HISTORY: 1944, p. 212; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1937c; 1974, c. 464; 1975, c. 644.