                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF ORDER; CONTEST OF VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT (§
20-88.70)

A. When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a
foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of the
Commonwealth shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice shall be
accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant
information accompanying the order.

B. A notice shall inform the nonregistering party:

   1. That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in
   the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of the Commonwealth;

   2. That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered
   order shall be requested within 20 days after the notice unless the registered
   order is under &#xA7; 20-88.89;

   3. That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order
   in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of
   the order and the alleged arrearages and precludes further contest of that
   order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted; and

   4. Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.

C. If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a
notice shall also:

   1. Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the party to be
   the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;

   2. Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is
   the controlling order;

   3. State that the procedures provided in subsection B apply to the
   determination of which is the controlling order; and

   4. State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order
   alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in
   confirmation that the order is the controlling order.

D. Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support
enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor&#8217;s
employer pursuant to the income-withholding for support law of the Commonwealth.

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