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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0673\">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 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 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0727\">727<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":353733,"section_number":"20-88.41","catch_line":"Determination of controlling child support order","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.41\/"},{"id":353750,"section_number":"20-88.56","catch_line":"Costs and fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.56\/"},{"id":353774,"section_number":"20-88.74","catch_line":"Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.74\/"},{"id":353778,"section_number":"20-88.77:1","catch_line":"Jurisdiction to modify support order of another state when individual parties reside in this Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.77_1\/"},{"id":353781,"section_number":"20-88.77:4","catch_line":"Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.77_4\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1405867,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353766,"identifier":"20-88.66","token":"20\/5.3\/8\/20-88.66","url":"\/20-88.66\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.66\/","token":"20\/5.3\/8\/20-88.66","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registration of order for enforcement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.66","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">foreign support order<\/span>, or a support order or an <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">income<\/span>-withholding order<\/span> issued in another <span class=\"dictionary\">state<\/span>, may be registered in the Commonwealth for enforcement.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTRATION OF ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT (\u00a7 20-88.66)\n\nA foreign support order, or a support order or an income-withholding order\nissued in another state, may be registered in the Commonwealth for enforcement.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 673; 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"}}