                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE CASE REGISTRY (§ 63.2-1905)

The Department shall keep and maintain a State Case Registry (Registry) that
contains case records of services provided by the Division of Child Support
Enforcement, as well as each support order established or modified in the
Commonwealth. Records contained in this Registry shall be promptly updated,
maintained, and regularly monitored, and shall include (i) information on
administrative actions and administrative and judicial proceedings and orders
relating to paternity establishment and support; (ii) information obtained from
comparison with federal, state or local sources of information; (iii)
information on support collections and distributions; and (iv) any other
relevant information. The Supreme Court of Virginia shall report information
concerning judicial proceedings and orders relating to paternity and support to
the Department. The Department shall be permitted to disseminate Registry
information for information comparisons with other state and federal agencies,
and as may be required pursuant to the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193) and any regulations
adopted thereto. Such information comparison activities shall include the
following: (a) Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders, (b) Federal Parent
Locator Service, (c) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Medicaid, and
(d) intrastate and interstate information comparisons.

HISTORY: 1998, c. 109, § 63.1-250.1:3; 2002, c. 747.