Virginia § 20-146.11 Cooperation between courts; preservation of records

Virginia Statutes

§ 20-146.11 — Cooperation between courts; preservation of records

Virginia § 20-146.11

Title 20DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Ch. 7.1UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT

Art. 1General Provisions

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Va. Code Ann. § 20-146.11 (2026).

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A.A court of this Commonwealth may request the appropriate court of another state to:

1.Hold an evidentiary hearing;

2.Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;

3.Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;

4.Forward to the court of this Commonwealth a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and

5.Order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.

B.Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this Commonwealth may hold a hearing or enter an order described

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A. A court of this Commonwealth may request the appropriate court of another state to:

1. Hold an evidentiary hearing;

2. Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;

3. Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;

4. Forward to the court of this Commonwealth a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and

5. Order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.

B. Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this Commonwealth may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection A.

C. Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections A and B may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this Commonwealth.

D. A court of this Commonwealth shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child custody proceeding until the child attains eighteen years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law-enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.