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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 20 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 5.3 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 20-88.32. Definitions
- § 20-88.32:1. Uniformity of application and construction
- § 20-88.33. Tribunals of the Commonwealth and support enforcement agency
- § 20-88.34. Remedies cumulative
- § 20-88.34:1. Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding
Article 2. Extended Personal Jurisdiction
Article 3. Jurisdiction in Proceedings Involving Two or More States
- § 20-88.37. Initiating and responding tribunal of the 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 or Determination of Parentage
Article 7. Enforcement of Order 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 support 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
- § 20-88.77:4. Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification
Article 10. Determination of Parentage [Repealed]
Article 11. Interstate Rendition
Article 12. Miscellaneous Provisions [Repealed]
Article 13. Support Proceeding under Hague Convention
- § 20-88.83. Definitions
- § 20-88.84. Applicability
- § 20-88.85. Relationship of Department of Social Services to United States central authority
- § 20-88.86. Initiation by Department of Social Services of support proceeding under convention
- § 20-88.87. Direct request
- § 20-88.88. Registration of Convention support order
- § 20-88.89. Contest of registered convention support order
- § 20-88.90. Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order
- § 20-88.91. Partial enforcement
- § 20-88.92. Foreign support agreement
- § 20-88.93. Modification of Convention child support order
- § 20-88.94. Personal information; limit on use
- § 20-88.95. Record in original language; English translation
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