                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY (§ 20-88.77:3)

A. Except as provided in &#xA7; 20-88.93, if a foreign country lacks or refuses
to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws,
a tribunal of the Commonwealth may assume jurisdiction, for good cause shown as
ordered, to modify the child support order and bind all individuals subject to
the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether or not the consent to
modification of a child support order otherwise required of the individual
pursuant to &#xA7; 20-88.76 has been given or whether the individual seeking
modification is a resident of the Commonwealth or of the foreign country.

B. An order issued by a tribunal of the Commonwealth modifying a foreign child
support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.

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