                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUPPORT ORDERS TO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL ANNULLED; MODIFICATION (§ 20-74)

Any order of support or amendment thereof entered under the provisions of this
chapter shall remain in full force and effect until annulled by the court of
original jurisdiction, or the court to which an appeal may be taken; however,
such order of support or terms of probation shall be subject to change or
modification by the court from time to time, as circumstances may require, but
no such change or modification shall affect or relieve the surety of his or her
obligation under such recognizance, provided notice thereof be forthwith given
to such surety. No support order may be retroactively modified, but may be
modified with respect to any period during which there is a pending petition for
modification in any court, but only from the date that notice of such petition
has been given to the responding party.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 1939; 1932, p. 467; 1940, p. 477; 1975, c. 644; 1987, c.
649; 2004, c. 204.