                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

JURISDICTION TO MODIFY SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WHEN INDIVIDUAL PARTIES
RESIDE IN THIS COMMONWEALTH (§ 20-88.77:1)

A. If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this Commonwealth and the
child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this Commonwealth has
jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state&#8217;s child support
order in a proceeding to register that order.

B. A tribunal of this Commonwealth exercising jurisdiction as provided in this
section shall apply the provisions of Articles 1 (&#xA7; 20-88.32 et seq.) and 2
(&#xA7; 20-88.35 et seq.), this article and the procedural and substantive law
of this Commonwealth to the enforcement or modification. Articles 3 through 5
(&#xA7; 20-88.37 et seq.) and Articles 7 (&#xA7; 20-88.64 et seq.) and 8 (&#xA7;
20-88.66 et seq.) do not apply.

HISTORY: 1997, cc. 797, 897.