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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0305\">305<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":353555,"section_number":"20-146.15","catch_line":"Temporary emergency jurisdiction","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.15\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1406369,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353577,"identifier":"20-146.35","token":"20\/7.1\/3\/20-146.35","url":"\/20-146.35\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-146.35\/","token":"20\/7.1\/3\/20-146.35","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appeals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-146.35","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> may be taken from a <span class=\"dictionary\">final order<\/span> in a proceeding under this article in accordance with expedited <span class=\"dictionary\">appellate<\/span> procedures in other civil cases. Unless the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> enters a temporary emergency order under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Temporary emergency jurisdiction\" href=\"\/20-146.15\/\">20-146.15<\/a>, the enforcing <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may not <span class=\"dictionary\">stay<\/span> an order enforcing a child <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> determination pending <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPEALS (\u00a7 20-146.35)\n\nAn appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under this article in\naccordance with expedited appellate procedures in other civil cases. Unless the\ncourt enters a temporary emergency order under \u00a7 20-146.15, the enforcing court\nmay not stay an order enforcing a child custody determination pending appeal.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 305.","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"}}