                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PURPOSE OF CHAPTER; POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT (§ 63.2-1901)

It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the efficient and accurate
collection, accounting and receipt of support for financially dependent children
and their custodians, and to further the effective and timely enforcement of
such support while ensuring that all functions in the Department are appropriate
or necessary to comply with applicable federal law.
		Nonattorney employees of the Department are authorized to complete, sign and
file petitions and motions on forms approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia
relating to the establishment, modification, or enforcement of support in
Department cases in the juvenile and domestic relations district courts. Orders
entered prior to July 1, 2008, shall not be deemed void or voidable solely
because such petitions and motions were signed by nonattorney employees.
		When so ordered by the court or the Department, support for financially
dependent children and their custodians shall be paid by obligors to the
Department&#8217;s State Disbursement Unit (SDU) or in district offices located
within the Commonwealth for processing by the SDU. The Department shall have
authority to enter into contracts with any appropriate public or private
entities to enforce, collect, account for and disburse payments for child or
spousal support.
		The Division of Child Support Enforcement within the Department shall be
authorized to issue payments to implement the disbursement of funds pursuant to
the provisions of this section.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 413, § 63.1-249; 1975, c. 596; 1976, c. 357; 1987, cc. 658,
706; 1998, c. 727; 2001, c. 573; 2002, c. 747; 2008, cc. 136, 845.