Virginia § 20-88.86 Initiation by Department of Social Services of support proceeding under convention

Virginia Statutes

§ 20-88.86 — Initiation by Department of Social Services of support proceeding under convention

Virginia § 20-88.86

Title 20DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Ch. 5.3UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

Art. 13SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER HAGUE CONVENTION

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Va. Code Ann. § 20-88.86 (2026).

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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

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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.