                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 20-88.83)

As used in this article:
		&#8220;Application&#8221; means a request under the Hague Convention on the
International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance by
an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority
for assistance from another central authority.
		&#8220;Central authority&#8221; means the entity designated by the United
States or a foreign country described in § 20-88.32 to perform the functions
specified in the Convention.
		&#8220;Convention support order&#8221; means a support order of a tribunal of
a foreign country described in § 20-88.32.
		&#8220;Direct request&#8221; means a petition or similar pleading filed by an
individual in a tribunal of the Commonwealth in a proceeding involving an
obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States.
		&#8220;Foreign central authority&#8221; means the entity designated by a
foreign country described in § 20-88.32 to perform the functions specified in
the Convention.
		&#8220;Foreign support agreement&#8221; means an agreement for support in a
record that (i) is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin; (ii)
has been formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign
tribunal or authenticated by or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign
tribunal; and (iii) may be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal.
&#8220;Foreign support agreement&#8221; includes a maintenance arrangement or
authentic instrument under the Convention.
		&#8220;United States central authority&#8221; means the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.

HISTORY: 2015, c. 727.