2006 Code of Virginia § 20-146.14 - Jurisdiction to modify determination
20-146.14. Jurisdiction to modify determination.
Except as otherwise provided in 20-146.15, a court of this Commonwealth maynot modify a child custody determination made by a court of another stateunless a court of this Commonwealth has jurisdiction to make an initialdetermination under subdivision A 1 or A 2 of 20-146.12 and:
1. The court of the other state determines that it no longer has exclusive,continuing jurisdiction under 20-146.13 or that a court of thisCommonwealth would be a more convenient forum under 20-146.18; or
2. A court of this Commonwealth or a court of the other state determines thatneither the child, the child's parents, nor any person acting as a parentpresently reside in the other state.
(1979, c. 229, 20-137; 2001, c. 305.)
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