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The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of noncompliance with the registered order, or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount of any alleged arrearages pursuant to § 20-88.72.\n\nB\n\nIf the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order in a timely manner, the order is confirmed by operation of law.\n\nC\n\nIf a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order, the registering tribunal shall schedule the matter for hearing and give notice to the parties of the date, time, and place of the hearing.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1317921,"text":"A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered support order in the Commonwealth shall request a hearing within the time required by § 20-88.70. 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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 1997, chapters 797<\/a> and 897<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 727<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":353792,"section_number":"20-88.89","catch_line":"Contest of registered convention support order","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.89\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":353770,"section_number":"20-88.70","catch_line":"Notice of registration of order; contest of validity or enforcement","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.70\/"},{"id":353772,"section_number":"20-88.72","catch_line":"Contest of registration or enforcement","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.72\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1405887,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353771,"identifier":"20-88.71","token":"20\/5.3\/8\/20-88.71","url":"\/20-88.71\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.71\/","token":"20\/5.3\/8\/20-88.71","dublin_core":{"Title":"Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.71","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A nonregistering party<\/span> seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered support order<\/span> in the Commonwealth shall request a hearing<\/span> within the time required by § 20-88.70<\/a>. The nonregistering party<\/span> may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation<\/span> of noncompliance with the registered order, or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount of any alleged arrearages pursuant to § 20-88.72<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If the nonregistering party<\/span> fails to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order<\/span> in a timely manner, the order is confirmed by operation of law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If a nonregistering party<\/span> requests a hearing<\/span> to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order<\/span>, the registering tribunal<\/span> shall schedule the matter for hearing<\/span> and give notice to the parties of the date, time, and place of the hearing<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEDURE TO CONTEST VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER (\u00a7\n20-88.71)\n\nA. A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a\nregistered support order in the Commonwealth shall request a hearing within the\ntime required by § 20-88.70. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate\nthe registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of noncompliance with\nthe registered order, or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount of\nany alleged arrearages pursuant to § 20-88.72.\n\nB. If the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or enforcement of\nthe registered support order in a timely manner, the order is confirmed by\noperation of law.\n\nC. If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the validity or\nenforcement of the registered support order, the registering tribunal shall\nschedule the matter for hearing and give notice to the parties of the date,\ntime, and place of the hearing.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 673; 1997, cc. 797, 897; 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"}}