{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/20-124.9.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/20-124.9.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/20-124.9.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/20-124.9.html"}],"law_id":353540,"edition_id":2,"section_id":353540,"structure_id":50623,"section_number":"20-124.9","catch_line":"When no order is in place; expedited hearing; conduct of hearing","history":"2008, c. 750; 2011, c. 351.","full_text":"A\n\nIf no court order exists as to the custody, visitation, or support of a child of a deploying parent or guardian, any petition filed to establish custody, visitation, or support for a child of a deploying parent or guardian shall be so identified at the time of filing by the deploying parent or guardian to ensure that the deploying parent or guardian has access to the child, and that reasonable support and other orders are in place for the protection of the parent-child or guardian-child relationship, consistent with the other provisions of this chapter. Such petition shall be expedited on the court’s docket in accordance with § 20-108.\n\nB\n\nIn any proceeding under this chapter where a deploying parent or guardian is reasonably unable to appear as a result of his deployment, the court, upon motion of the deploying parent or guardian and for good cause shown, may conduct any hearing using a telephonic communication system or an electronic audio and video communication system to provide for the appearance of any parties and witnesses.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1317120,"text":"If no court order exists as to the custody, visitation, or support of a child of a deploying parent or guardian, any petition filed to establish custody, visitation, or support for a child of a deploying parent or guardian shall be so identified at the time of filing by the deploying parent or guardian to ensure that the deploying parent or guardian has access to the child, and that reasonable support and other orders are in place for the protection of the parent-child or guardian-child relationship, consistent with the other provisions of this chapter. Such petition shall be expedited on the court’s docket in accordance with § 20-108.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1317121,"text":"In any proceeding under this chapter where a deploying parent or guardian is reasonably unable to appear as a result of his deployment, the court, upon motion of the deploying parent or guardian and for good cause shown, may conduct any hearing using a telephonic communication system or an electronic audio and video communication system to provide for the appearance of any parties and witnesses.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":50623,"edition_id":2,"name":"Virginia Military Parents Equal Protection Act","identifier":"6.2","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":13,"parent_id":50619,"metadata":{"child_laws":4,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:30:15","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:52","permalink":{"id":1406201,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50623,"identifier":"6.2","token":"20\/6.2","url":"\/20\/6.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50619,"edition_id":2,"name":"Domestic Relations","identifier":"20","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":56,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":329,"child_structures":36},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:30:08","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:49","permalink":{"id":1405077,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50619,"identifier":"20","token":"20","url":"\/20\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":353530,"structure_id":50623,"section_number":"20-124.10","catch_line":"Contents of temporary custody or visitation order","url":"\/20-124.10\/","token":"20\/6.2\/20-124.10","metadata":false},{"id":353538,"structure_id":50623,"section_number":"20-124.7","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/20-124.7\/","token":"20\/6.2\/20-124.7","metadata":false},{"id":353539,"structure_id":50623,"section_number":"20-124.8","catch_line":"Deployment; temporary order","url":"\/20-124.8\/","token":"20\/6.2\/20-124.8","metadata":false},{"id":353540,"structure_id":50623,"section_number":"20-124.9","catch_line":"When no order is in place; expedited hearing; conduct of hearing","url":"\/20-124.9\/","token":"20\/6.2\/20-124.9","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":353539,"structure_id":50623,"section_number":"20-124.8","catch_line":"Deployment; temporary order","url":"\/20-124.8\/","token":"20\/6.2\/20-124.8","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/20-124.9\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 750<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2011, chapter 351<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":353504,"section_number":"20-108","catch_line":"Revision and alteration of such decrees","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-108\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1406215,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353540,"identifier":"20-124.9","token":"20\/6.2\/20-124.9","url":"\/20-124.9\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-124.9\/","token":"20\/6.2\/20-124.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"When no order is in place; expedited hearing; conduct of hearing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-124.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> If no court order<\/span> exists as to the custody<\/span>, visitation, or support of a child of a deploying parent or guardian<\/span>, any petition<\/span> filed to establish custody<\/span>, visitation, or support for a child of a deploying parent or guardian<\/span> shall be so identified at the time of filing by the deploying parent or guardian<\/span> to ensure that the deploying parent or guardian<\/span> has access to the child, and that reasonable support and other orders<\/span> are in place for the protection of the parent-child or guardian-child relationship, consistent with the other provisions of this chapter. Such petition<\/span> shall be expedited on the court’s docket<\/span> in accordance with § 20-108<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In any proceeding under this chapter where a deploying parent or guardian<\/span> is reasonably unable to appear as a result of his deployment<\/span>, the court, upon motion<\/span> of the deploying parent or guardian<\/span> and for good cause shown, may conduct any hearing<\/span> using a telephonic communication system or an electronic audio and video communication system to provide for the appearance<\/span> of any parties and witnesses. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN NO ORDER IS IN PLACE; EXPEDITED HEARING; CONDUCT OF HEARING (\u00a7 20-124.9)\n\nA. If no court order exists as to the custody, visitation, or support of a child\nof a deploying parent or guardian, any petition filed to establish custody,\nvisitation, or support for a child of a deploying parent or guardian shall be so\nidentified at the time of filing by the deploying parent or guardian to ensure\nthat the deploying parent or guardian has access to the child, and that\nreasonable support and other orders are in place for the protection of the\nparent-child or guardian-child relationship, consistent with the other\nprovisions of this chapter. Such petition shall be expedited on the\ncourt’s docket in accordance with § 20-108.\n\nB. In any proceeding under this chapter where a deploying parent or guardian is\nreasonably unable to appear as a result of his deployment, the court, upon\nmotion of the deploying parent or guardian and for good cause shown, may conduct\nany hearing using a telephonic communication system or an electronic audio and\nvideo communication system to provide for the appearance of any parties and\nwitnesses.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, c. 750; 2011, c. 351.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}