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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 673<\/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 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2005, chapter 754<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 727<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1405861,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353765,"identifier":"20-88.65","token":"20\/5.3\/7\/20-88.65","url":"\/20-88.65\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.65\/","token":"20\/5.3\/7\/20-88.65","dublin_core":{"Title":"Administrative enforcement of orders","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.65","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A party<\/span> or support enforcement agency<\/span> seeking to enforce a foreign support order<\/span>, or a support order or an income<\/span>-withholding order<\/span>, or both, issued in another state<\/span>, may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency<\/span> of the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency<\/span>, without initially seeking to register<\/span> the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law<\/span> of the Commonwealth to enforce a support order or an income<\/span>-withholding order<\/span>, or both. If the obligor<\/span> does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor<\/span> contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency<\/span> shall register<\/span> the order pursuant to this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS (\u00a7 20-88.65)\n\nA. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a foreign support\norder, or a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in\nanother state, may send the documents required for registering the order to a\nsupport enforcement agency of the Commonwealth.\n\nB. Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without\ninitially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use\nany administrative procedure authorized by the law of the Commonwealth to\nenforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor\ndoes not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered.\nIf the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order,\nthe support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this\nchapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754; 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"}}