                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DUTY OF LOCAL DEPARTMENTS TO ENFORCE SUPPORT; REFERRAL TO DEPARTMENT (§
63.2-1911)

Whenever a local department approves an application for public assistance on
behalf of a child or children and it appears to the satisfaction of the local
department that the child has been abandoned by the noncustodial parent or that
the person who has a responsibility for the care, support, or maintenance of
such child has failed or neglected to give proper care or support to such child,
the local department shall refer the matter to the Division within the
Department responsible for the enforcement of support. The foregoing provisions
of this section shall not apply to applications for the Child Care Subsidy
Program.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 906, § 63.1-274.2; 2002, c. 747; 2020, cc. 860, 861; 2021,
Sp. Sess. I, c. 171.