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Va. Code Ann. § 20-88.40 (2026)

Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order

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A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of the Commonwealth may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:

1. The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter; or

2. A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.

B. A tribunal of the Commonwealth having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2007–2010 · leading case: Nordstrom v. Nordstrom, 649 S.E.2d 200 (Va. Ct. App. 2007).
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Nordstrom v. Nordstrom, 649 S.E.2d 200 (Va. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 8× “It is true that the trial court retained continuing jurisdiction to enforce, as opposed to modify, the order pursuant to Code § 20-88.40. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce need not be exclusive jurisdiction.”
Cuevas v. Cuevas, 80 Va. Cir. 381 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 2010). “§ 20-88.40 as the source of this authority.”
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