                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS (§ 20-88.54)

A. In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a
support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a
support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country shall file a
petition. Unless otherwise ordered under &#xA7; 20-88.55, the petition or
accompanying documents shall provide, so far as known, the name, residential
address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the
parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social
security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is
sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of
registration, the petition shall be accompanied by a copy of any support order
known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any
other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.

B. The petition shall specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying
documents shall conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms
mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.