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2014 Virginia Code
Title 20 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 1. PRE-MARITAL SYPHILIS TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS [Repealed]Chapter 2. MARRIAGE GENERALLY
- § 20-13. License and solemnization required
- § 20-13.1. Repealed
- § 20-14. By whom license to be issued
- § 20-14.1. Duration of license; issuance of additional licenses
- § 20-14.2. Repealed
- § 20-15. Tax on license
- § 20-16. Oath of parties before clerk and issuance of certificates thereof
- § 20-16.1. Clerk authorized to amend marriage records
- § 20-17. Repealed
- § 20-20. Clerk to file license and certificate; indexing names of parties; certified copies as evidence
- § 20-21. Clerk to furnish attorney for the Commonwealth list of licenses not returned by minister
- § 20-22. Attorney for the Commonwealth to ascertain before circuit court name of minister failing to return certificates
- § 20-23. Order authorizing ministers to perform ceremony
- § 20-24. Penalty for failure to certify record of marriage
- § 20-25. Persons other than ministers who may perform rites
- § 20-26. Marriage between members of religious society having no minister
- § 20-27. Fee for celebrating marriage
- § 20-28. Penalty for celebrating marriage without license
- § 20-29. Repealed
- § 20-30. Licenses of persons on federal reservations
- § 20-31. Belief of parties in lawful marriage validates certain defects
- § 20-31.1. When marriage legitimates children; issue of marriages prohibited by law, etc., legitimate
- § 20-32. Repealed
- § 20-33. Penalty for clerk issuing license contrary to law
- § 20-34. Repealed
- § 20-37. Validation of certain marriages when license issued by clerk of county court
- § 20-37.1. Validation of certain marriages solemnized outside of Commonwealth
- § 20-37.2. Repealed
- § 20-38. Repealed
- § 20-38.1. Certain marriages prohibited
- § 20-39. Prohibition continues notwithstanding dissolution of previous marriage
- § 20-40. Punishment for violation of such prohibition; leaving Commonwealth to avoid
- § 20-41. Repealed
- § 20-43. Bigamous marriages void without decree
- § 20-44. Repealed
- § 20-45. Repealed
- § 20-45.1. Void marriages
- § 20-45.2. Marriage between persons of same sex
- § 20-45.3. Civil unions between persons of same sex
- § 20-46. Repealed
- § 20-48. Minimum age of marriage with consent of parents
- § 20-49. When consent required and how given
- § 20-49.1. How parent and child relationship established
- § 20-49.2. Commencement of action; parties; jurisdiction
- § 20-49.3. Admission of genetic tests
- § 20-49.4. Evidence relating to parentage
- § 20-49.5. Support of children of unwed parents by the father; testimony under oath
- § 20-49.6. Proceedings to establish paternity or enforce support obligations of males between the ages of fourteen and eighteen
- § 20-49.7. Civil actions
- § 20-49.8. Judgment or order; costs; birth record
- § 20-49.9. Repealed
- § 20-49.10. Relief from legal determination of paternity
Chapter 4.1. SUPPORT
- § 20-60.1. Applicability of chapter
- § 20-60.2. Admissibility and identification of support payment records
- § 20-60.3. Contents of support orders
- § 20-60.4. Abstracts of orders, etc.; clerk shall transmit information regarding any order of support which is entered or modified to Department of Social Services
- § 20-60.5. Support payment provisions; how paid
- § 20-60.6. When delivery of notice to party at last known address sufficient
- § 20-61. Desertion or nonsupport of wife, husband or children in necessitous circumstances
- § 20-61.1. Repealed
- § 20-61.3. Consequences of a putative father failing to appear
- § 20-62. Commitment to workhouse, city farm or work squad for such desertion
- § 20-63. Support payments by county or city
- § 20-64. Proceedings instituted by petition
- § 20-65. Summons or warrant; investigation and hearing
- § 20-66. Contempt proceedings; trial in absence of defendant
- § 20-67. Jurisdiction
- § 20-68. Appeal
- § 20-69. Fees of officers
- § 20-70. No warrant of arrest to issue
- § 20-71. Temporary orders for support
- § 20-71.1. Attorneys' fees in proceedings under ยง 20-71
- § 20-72. Probation on order directing defendant to pay and enter recognizance
- § 20-73. Condition of the recognizance
- § 20-74. Support orders to remain in effect until annulled; modification
- § 20-75. Procedure when accused outside territorial jurisdiction
- § 20-76. Repealed
- § 20-77. When authority to suspend sentence may be exercised; deduction of certain time from sentence
- § 20-78. Continuance of failure to support after completion of sentence
- § 20-78.1. Effect of entry of support order in certain garnishment proceedings
- § 20-78.2. Attorneys' fees and interest on support arrearage
- § 20-79. Effect of divorce proceedings
- § 20-79.1. Enforcement of support orders; income deduction; penalty for wrongful discharge
- § 20-79.2. Immediate income deduction; income withholding
- § 20-79.3. Information required in income deduction order
- § 20-80. Violation of orders; trial; forfeiture of recognizance
- § 20-81. Presumptions as to desertion and abandonment
- § 20-82. Husband and wife competent as witnesses
- § 20-83. Venue of offense
- § 20-83.1. Transfer of cases between courts in certain instances
- § 20-84. Extradition
- § 20-85. Repealed
- § 20-87. Arrest for violating directions, rules or regulations given by judge
- § 20-87.1. Repealed
- § 20-88. Support of parents by children
- § 20-88.01. Repealed
- § 20-88.02. Transfer of assets to qualify for assistance; liability of transferees
- § 20-88.02:1. Limitations on spousal support orders resulting in eligibility for medical assistance services; definitions
Chapter 5.2. REVISED UNIFORM RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ACT [Repealed]
Chapter 5.3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 2. EXTENDED PERSONAL JURISDICTION
Article 3. JURISDICTION IN PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING TWO OR MORE STATES
- § 20-88.37. Initiating and responding tribunal of this Commonwealth
- § 20-88.38. Simultaneous proceedings in another state
- § 20-88.39. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order
- § 20-88.40. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order
Article 4. RECONCILIATION OF TWO OR MORE ORDERS
- § 20-88.41. Determination of controlling child support order
- § 20-88.42. Child support orders for two or more obligees
- § 20-88.43. Credit for payments
- § 20-88.43:1. Application to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction
- § 20-88.43:2. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order
Article 5. CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- § 20-88.44. Proceedings under this chapter
- § 20-88.45. Action by minor parent
- § 20-88.46. Application of law of the Commonwealth
- § 20-88.47. Duties of initiating tribunal
- § 20-88.48. Duties and powers of responding tribunal
- § 20-88.49. Inappropriate tribunal
- § 20-88.50. Duties of support enforcement agency
- § 20-88.51. Duty of Secretary of Health and Human Resources
- § 20-88.52. Private counsel
- § 20-88.53. Duties of state information agency
- § 20-88.54. Pleadings and accompanying documents
- § 20-88.55. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances
- § 20-88.56. Costs and fees
- § 20-88.57. Limited immunity of petitioner
- § 20-88.58. Nonparentage as defense
- § 20-88.59. Special rules of evidence and procedure
- § 20-88.60. Communications between tribunals
- § 20-88.61. Assistance with discovery
- § 20-88.62. Receipt and disbursement of payments
Article 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
Article 7. ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION
- § 20-88.64. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state
- § 20-88.64:1. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state
- § 20-88.64:2. Compliance with two or more income-withholding orders
- § 20-88.64:3. Immunity from civil liability
- § 20-88.64:4. Penalties for noncompliance
- § 20-88.64:5. Contest by obligor
- § 20-88.65. Administrative enforcement of orders
Article 8. ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER AFTER REGISTRATION
- § 20-88.66. Registration of order for enforcement
- § 20-88.67. Procedure to register order for enforcement
- § 20-88.68. Effect of registration for enforcement
- § 20-88.69. Choice of law; statute of limitations
- § 20-88.70. Notice of registration of order; contest of validity or enforcement
- § 20-88.71. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered order
- § 20-88.72. Contest of registration or enforcement
- § 20-88.73. Confirmed order
Article 9. REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER
- § 20-88.74. Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification
- § 20-88.75. Effect of registration for modification
- § 20-88.76. Modification of child support order of another state
- § 20-88.77. Recognition of order modified in another state
- § 20-88.77:1. Jurisdiction to modify support order of another state when individual parties reside in this Commonwealth
- § 20-88.77:2. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification
- § 20-88.77:3. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country or political subdivision
Article 10. DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE
Article 11. INTERSTATE RENDITION
Article 12. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Chapter 6. DIVORCE, AFFIRMATION AND ANNULMENT- § 20-89. Repealed
- § 20-89.1. Suit to annul marriage
- § 20-90. Suit to affirm marriage
- § 20-91. Grounds for divorce from bond of matrimony; contents of decree
- § 20-92. Repealed
- § 20-93. Insanity of guilty party after commencement of desertion no defense
- § 20-94. Effect of cohabitation after knowledge of adultery, sodomy or buggery; lapse of five years
- § 20-95. Grounds for divorces from bed and board
- § 20-96. Jurisdiction of suits for annulment, affirmance or divorce
- § 20-96.1. Repealed
- § 20-97. Domicile and residential requirements for such suits
- § 20-98. Repealed
- § 20-99. How such suits instituted and conducted; costs
- § 20-99.1. Repealed
- § 20-99.1:1. How defendant may accept service; waive service
- § 20-99.2. Service in divorce and annulment cases
- § 20-100. Repealed
- § 20-101. Repealed
- § 20-102. When not necessary to allege or prove offer of reconciliation
- § 20-103. Court may make orders pending suit for divorce, custody or visitation, etc
- § 20-104. Order of publication against nonresident defendant
- § 20-104.1. Orders of publication may be combined
- § 20-105. Permissible form for orders of publication
- § 20-105.1. Alternative procedures
- § 20-106. Testimony may be required to be given orally; evidence by affidavit
- § 20-107. Repealed
- § 20-107.1. Court may decree as to maintenance and support of spouses
- § 20-107.2. Court may decree as to custody and support of minor children
- § 20-107.3. Court may decree as to property and debts of the parties
- § 20-108. Revision and alteration of such decrees
- § 20-108.1. Determination of child or spousal support
- § 20-108.2. Guideline for determination of child support; quadrennial review by Child Support Guidelines Review Panel; executive summary
- § 20-109. Changing maintenance and support for a spouse; effect of stipulations as to maintenance and support for a spouse; cessation upon cohabitation, remarriage or death
- § 20-109.1. Affirmation, ratification and incorporation by reference in decree of agreement between parties
- § 20-110. Maintenance and support for a spouse to cease on remarriage
- § 20-111. Decree of divorce from bond of matrimony extinguishes contingent property rights
- § 20-111.1. Revocation of death benefits by divorce or annulment
- § 20-112. Notice when proceedings reopened
- § 20-113. Procedure when respondent fails to perform order for support and maintenance of child or spouse or owes support and maintenance or additional support and maintenance
- § 20-114. Recognizance for compliance with order or decree
- § 20-115. Commitment and sentence for failure to comply with order or decree
- § 20-116. Effect of divorce from bed and board and what court may decree
- § 20-117. Divorce from bond of matrimony after divorce from bed and board
- § 20-118. Prohibition of remarriage pending appeal from divorce decree; certain marriages validated
- § 20-119. Repealed
- § 20-120. Revocation of decree from bed and board
- § 20-121. Merger of decree for divorce from bed and board with decree for divorce from bond of matrimony
- § 20-121.01. Decree of divorce from bonds of matrimony without decree from bed and board
- § 20-121.02. Decree of divorce without amended bill or amended cross-bill
- § 20-121.03. Identifying information confidential; separate addendum
- § 20-121.1. Reinstatement of suit
- § 20-121.2. Validation of absolute divorce granted where no decree from bed and board
- § 20-121.3. Validation of certain divorces granted prior to April 23, 1962
- § 20-121.4. Restoration of former name
- § 20-122. Advertising offer to obtain divorces
- § 20-123. Repealed
- § 20-124. Sequestration of record
- § 20-124.1. Definitions
- § 20-124.2. Court-ordered custody and visitation arrangements
- § 20-124.2:1. In camera interviews of child; record
- § 20-124.3. Best interests of the child; visitation
- § 20-124.3:1. Repealed
- § 20-124.4. Mediation
- § 20-124.5. Notification of relocation
- § 20-124.6. Access to minor's records
- § 20-124.7. Definitions
- § 20-124.8. Deployment; temporary order
- § 20-124.9. When no order is in place; expedited hearing; conduct of hearing
- § 20-124.10. Contents of temporary custody or visitation order
Chapter 7.1. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 20-146.1. Definitions
- § 20-146.2. Proceedings governed by other law
- § 20-146.3. Application to Indian tribes
- § 20-146.4. International application
- § 20-146.5. Effect of child custody determination
- § 20-146.6. Priority
- § 20-146.7. Notice to persons outside state
- § 20-146.8. Appearance and limited immunity
- § 20-146.9. Communication between courts
- § 20-146.10. Taking testimony in another state
- § 20-146.11. Cooperation between courts; preservation of records
Article 2. JURISDICTION
- § 20-146.12. Initial child custody jurisdiction
- § 20-146.13. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction
- § 20-146.14. Jurisdiction to modify determination
- § 20-146.15. Temporary emergency jurisdiction
- § 20-146.16. Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder
- § 20-146.17. Simultaneous proceedings
- § 20-146.18. Inconvenient forum
- § 20-146.19. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct
- § 20-146.20. Information to be submitted to court
- § 20-146.21. Appearance of parties and child
Article 3. ENFORCEMENT
- § 20-146.22. Definitions
- § 20-146.23. Enforcement under Hague Convention
- § 20-146.24. Duty to enforce
- § 20-146.25. Temporary visitation
- § 20-146.26. Registration of child custody determination
- § 20-146.27. Enforcement of registered determination
- § 20-146.28. Simultaneous proceedings
- § 20-146.29. Expedited enforcement of child custody; determination
- § 20-146.30. Service of petition and order
- § 20-146.31. Hearing and order
- § 20-146.32. Ex parte order to take physical custody of child
- § 20-146.33. Costs, fees, and expenses
- § 20-146.34. Recognition and enforcement
- § 20-146.35. Appeals
Article 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- § 20-146.36. Application and construction
- § 20-146.37. Transitional provision
- § 20-146.38. Construction of provisions; purposes of act
- § 20-147. Application
- § 20-148. Definitions
- § 20-149. Formalities of premarital agreement
- § 20-150. Content of agreement
- § 20-151. Enforcement; void marriage
- § 20-152. Limitation of actions
- § 20-153. Amendment or revocation of agreement
- § 20-154. Prior agreements
- § 20-155. Marital agreements
- § 20-156. Definitions
- § 20-157. Virginia law to control
- § 20-158. Parentage of child resulting from assisted conception
- § 20-159. Surrogacy contracts permissible
- § 20-160. Petition and hearing for court approval of surrogacy contract; requirements; orders
- § 20-161. Termination of court-approved surrogacy contract
- § 20-162. Contracts not approved by the court; requirements
- § 20-163. Miscellaneous provisions related to all surrogacy contracts
- § 20-164. Relation of parent and child
- § 20-165. Surrogate brokers prohibited; penalty; liability of surrogate brokers
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