                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT (§ 20-88.68)

A. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a
foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering
tribunal of the Commonwealth.

B. A registered support order issued in another state or in a foreign country is
enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order
issued by a tribunal of the Commonwealth.

C. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of the Commonwealth
shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered order if the
issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

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