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Articles 3 through 5 (§ 20-88.37 et seq.) and Articles 7 (§ 20-88.64 et seq.) and 8 (§ 20-88.66 et seq.) do not apply.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1317950,"text":"If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this Commonwealth and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this Commonwealth has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child support order in a proceeding to register that order.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1317951,"text":"A tribunal of this Commonwealth exercising jurisdiction as provided in this section shall apply the provisions of Articles 1 (§ 20-88.32 et seq.) and 2 (§ 20-88.35 et seq.), this article and the procedural and substantive law of this Commonwealth to the enforcement or modification. 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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 797<\/a> and 897<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":353775,"section_number":"20-88.75","catch_line":"Effect of registration for modification","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.75\/"},{"id":353776,"section_number":"20-88.76","catch_line":"Modification of child support order of another state","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.76\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":353722,"section_number":"20-88.32","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.32\/"},{"id":353727,"section_number":"20-88.35","catch_line":"Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.35\/"},{"id":353729,"section_number":"20-88.37","catch_line":"Initiating and responding tribunal of the Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.37\/"},{"id":353759,"section_number":"20-88.64","catch_line":"Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.64\/"},{"id":353766,"section_number":"20-88.66","catch_line":"Registration of order for enforcement","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.66\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1405917,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353778,"identifier":"20-88.77:1","token":"20\/5.3\/9\/20-88.77_1","url":"\/20-88.77_1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.77_1\/","token":"20\/5.3\/9\/20-88.77_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurisdiction to modify support order of another state when individual parties reside in this Commonwealth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.77:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this Commonwealth and the child does not reside in the issuing state<\/span>, a tribunal<\/span> of this Commonwealth has jurisdiction<\/span> to enforce and to modify the issuing state<\/span>’s child support order<\/span> in a proceeding to register<\/span> that order. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A tribunal<\/span> of this Commonwealth exercising jurisdiction<\/span> as provided in this section shall apply the provisions of Articles 1 (§ 20-88.32<\/a> et seq.) and 2 (§ 20-88.35<\/a> et seq.), this article and the procedural and substantive law<\/span> of this Commonwealth to the enforcement or modification. Articles 3 through 5 (§ 20-88.37<\/a> et seq.) and Articles 7 (§ 20-88.64<\/a> et seq.) and 8 (§ 20-88.66<\/a> et seq.) do not apply. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURISDICTION TO MODIFY SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WHEN INDIVIDUAL PARTIES\nRESIDE IN THIS COMMONWEALTH (\u00a7 20-88.77:1)\n\nA. If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this Commonwealth and the\nchild does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this Commonwealth has\njurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child support\norder in a proceeding to register that order.\n\nB. A tribunal of this Commonwealth exercising jurisdiction as provided in this\nsection shall apply the provisions of Articles 1 (§ 20-88.32 et seq.) and 2\n(§ 20-88.35 et seq.), this article and the procedural and substantive law\nof this Commonwealth to the enforcement or modification. Articles 3 through 5\n(§ 20-88.37 et seq.) and Articles 7 (§ 20-88.64 et seq.) and 8 (§\n20-88.66 et seq.) do not apply.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 797, 897.","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"}}