2015 Code of Virginia
Title 20 - Domestic Relations
§ 20-88.86. Initiation by Department of Social Services of support proceeding under convention

A. In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department of Social Services of the Commonwealth shall:

1. Transmit and receive applications; and

2. Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of the Commonwealth.

B. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:

1. Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;

2. Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in the Commonwealth;

3. Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;

4. Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under subdivision B 2, 4, or 9 of § 20-88.90;

5. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the Commonwealth; and

6. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

C. The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:

1. Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of the Commonwealth;

2. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the Commonwealth; and

3. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

D. A tribunal of the Commonwealth may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.

2015, c. 727.