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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 727<\/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":353722,"section_number":"20-88.32","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.32\/"},{"id":353786,"section_number":"20-88.83","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.83\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1405617,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353726,"identifier":"20-88.34:1","token":"20\/5.3\/1\/20-88.34_1","url":"\/20-88.34_1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.34_1\/","token":"20\/5.3\/1\/20-88.34_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.34:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A tribunal of the Commonwealth shall apply Articles 1 through 9 (§ 20-88.32<\/a> et seq.) and, as applicable, Article 13 (§ 20-88.83<\/a> et seq.) to a support proceeding involving a foreign support order<\/span>, a foreign tribunal<\/span>, or an obligee<\/span>, obligor<\/span>, or child<\/span> residing in a foreign country<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A tribunal of the Commonwealth that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Articles 1 through 9 (§ 20-88.32<\/a> et seq.). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Article 13 (§ 20-88.83<\/a> et seq.) applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention<\/span>. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article 13 is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 9 (§ 20-88.32<\/a> et seq.), Article 13 controls. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO RESIDENT OF FOREIGN COUNTRY AND FOREIGN SUPPORT\nPROCEEDING (\u00a7 20-88.34:1)\n\nA. A tribunal of the Commonwealth shall apply Articles 1 through 9 (§\n20-88.32 et seq.) and, as applicable, Article 13 (§ 20-88.83 et seq.) to a\nsupport proceeding involving a foreign support order, a foreign tribunal, or an\nobligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.\n\nB. A tribunal of the Commonwealth that is requested to recognize and enforce a\nsupport order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive\nprovisions of Articles 1 through 9 (§ 20-88.32 et seq.).\n\nC. Article 13 (§ 20-88.83 et seq.) applies only to a support proceeding\nunder the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article 13 is\ninconsistent with Articles 1 through 9 (§ 20-88.32 et seq.), Article 13\ncontrols.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 727.","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"}}