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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 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 727<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1405875,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353768,"identifier":"20-88.68","token":"20\/5.3\/8\/20-88.68","url":"\/20-88.68\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.68\/","token":"20\/5.3\/8\/20-88.68","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of registration for enforcement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.68","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A support order or income<\/span>-withholding order<\/span> issued in another state<\/span> or a foreign support order<\/span> is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal<\/span> of the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A registered support order issued in another state<\/span> or in a foreign country<\/span> is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of the Commonwealth shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered order if the issuing tribunal<\/span> had jurisdiction<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT (\u00a7 20-88.68)\n\nA. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a\nforeign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering\ntribunal of the Commonwealth.\n\nB. A registered support order issued in another state or in a foreign country is\nenforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order\nissued by a tribunal of the Commonwealth.\n\nC. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of the Commonwealth\nshall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered order if the\nissuing tribunal had jurisdiction.\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"}}