                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROCEDURE TO REGISTER ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT (§ 20-88.67)

A. Except as provided in § 20-88.88, a foreign support order or a support order
or income-withholding order of another state may be registered in the
Commonwealth by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in the
Commonwealth:

   1. A letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and
   enforcement;

   2. Two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be registered,
   including any modification of the order;

   3. A sworn statement by the party requesting registration or a certified
   statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage;

   4. The name of the obligor and, if known, (i) the obligor&#8217;s address and
   social security number, (ii) the name and address of the obligor&#8217;s
   employer and any other source of income of the obligor, and (iii) a
   description and the location of property of the obligor in the Commonwealth
   not exempt from execution; and

   5. Except as otherwise provided in &#xA7; 20-88.55, the name and address of
   the obligee and, if applicable, the support enforcement agency to whom support
   payments are to be remitted.

B. On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall
cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state or a
foreign support order, together with one copy of the documents and information,
regardless of their form.

C. A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that shall be
affirmatively sought under other law of the Commonwealth may be filed at the
same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading shall specify
the grounds for the remedy sought.

D. If two or more orders are in effect, the individual or support enforcement
agency requesting registration shall:

   1. Furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be in
   effect in addition to the documents specified in this section;

   2. Specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and

   3. Specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.

E. A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed
separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for
registration and modification. The individual or support enforcement agency
requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose
rights may be affected by the determination.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 673; 1995, c. 484; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.