Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 20-68 (2026)

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The person accused shall have the same right of appeal as provided by law in other similar cases; provided that any order of court requiring support of a spouse or children shall remain in full force and effect until reversed or modified by judgment of a superior court, and in the interim the order shall be enforceable by the court entering it and the court may punish for violation of the order as for contempt. After the judgment of conviction and entry of order of support from which no appeal is taken the hearing in the appellate court on an appeal from any subsequent order, modification or amendment shall be restricted to the particular matter or order appealed from.

1944, p. 212; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1937c; 1974, c. 464.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1972–2022 · leading case: Florence v. Roberts, 355 S.E.2d 316 (Va. 1987).

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Florence v. Roberts, 355 S.E.2d 316 (Va. 1987). · cites it 10× “In addition to ruling that the support proceeding was quasi-criminal, the trial court seized upon Code § 20-68 and held that only Roberts had a right of appeal to circuit court.”

Prestera v. Denny, 336 S.E.2d 169 (Va. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 4× “Presumably, the circuit court’s ruling was pursuant to Code § 20-68, which provides that only the person accused is afforded the right to appeal.”

Werner v. Commonwealth & Werner, 186 S.E.2d 76 (Va. 1972). “Under § 20-68, such an order remains in effect and enforceable by the court which entered it until the order is reversed or modified on appeal.”

Timothy M. Barrett v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “See Code § 20-68; Decker v. Decker, 17 Va. App.”

Dimitry Shvets v. Michele N. Shvets (Va. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “See Code § 20-68; Decker v. Decker, 17 Va. App.”

David J. Howell v. CW, DSS, DCSE, ex rel Fisher (Va. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “Here, the record contains no indication the support award requiring appellant to pay $75 per week was suspended during any of these proceedings. Thus, the record fails to establish, in the manner alleged by appellant, that the district court lacked jurisdiction over the show…”

Myles Talbert Hylton v. Cheryl Ann Price Hylton (Va. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “Code § 20-68. Obviously the power to decide includes the power to decide wrong, and an erroneous decision is as binding as one that is correct until set aside or corrected in a manner provided by law.”

O'Brien v. O'Brien, 7 Va. Cir. 26 (Henrico Cir. Ct. 1980). “Sections 20-68 and 20-74 both provide that support orders entered in a Juvenile Court remain in full force and effect until reversed or modified.”

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