                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DUTIES AND POWERS OF RESPONDING TRIBUNAL (§ 20-88.48)

A. When a responding tribunal of the Commonwealth receives a petition or
comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to
subsection B of &#xA7; 20-88.44, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be
filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed. An order for
spousal support only shall be forwarded to the appropriate juvenile and domestic
relations court.

B. A responding tribunal of the Commonwealth, to the extent not prohibited by
other law, may do one or more of the following:

   1. Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order,
   determine the controlling child support order, or determine parentage of a
   child;

   2. Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and
   the manner of compliance;

   3. Order income withholding;

   4. Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;

   5. Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;

   6. Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;

   7. Place liens and order execution on the obligor&#8217;s property;

   8. Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor&#8217;s
   current residential address, electronic mail address, telephone number,
   employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of
   employment;

   9. Issue a capias for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear
   at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the capias in any local and
   state computer systems for criminal warrants;

   10. Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;

   11. Award reasonable attorney&#8217;s fees and other fees and costs; and

   12. Grant any other available remedy.

C. A responding tribunal of the Commonwealth shall include in a support order
issued under this chapter, or in the documents accompanying the order, the
calculations on which the support order is based.

D. A responding tribunal of the Commonwealth may not condition the payment of a
support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a party with
provisions for visitation.

E. If a responding tribunal of the Commonwealth issues an order under this
chapter, the tribunal shall promptly send a copy of the order to the petitioner
and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.

F. If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a
support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of the
Commonwealth shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the
equivalent amount in U.S. dollars under the applicable official or market
exchange rate as publicly reported.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 673; 1996, cc. 882, 925; 1997, cc. 797, 897; 2005, c. 754;
2015, c. 727.