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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 2005, chapter 754<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1405913,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353777,"identifier":"20-88.77","token":"20\/5.3\/9\/20-88.77","url":"\/20-88.77\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.77\/","token":"20\/5.3\/9\/20-88.77","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recognition of order modified in another state","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.77","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a child support order<\/span> issued by a tribunal<\/span> of the Commonwealth is modified by a tribunal<\/span> of another state<\/span> that assumed jurisdiction<\/span> pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal<\/span> of the Commonwealth:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears<\/span> and interest accruing before the modification; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order that occurred before the effective date of the modification; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state<\/span>, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECOGNITION OF ORDER MODIFIED IN ANOTHER STATE (\u00a7 20-88.77)\n\nIf a child support order issued by a tribunal of the Commonwealth is modified by\na tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform\nInterstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of the Commonwealth:\n\n1. May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest\naccruing before the modification;\n\n2. May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order that occurred\nbefore the effective date of the modification; and\n\n3. Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration,\nfor the purpose of enforcement.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 673; 1997, cc. 797, 897; 2005, c. 754.","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"}}