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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 727<\/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":353780,"section_number":"20-88.77:3","catch_line":"Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.77_3\/"},{"id":353793,"section_number":"20-88.90","catch_line":"Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.90\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":353793,"section_number":"20-88.90","catch_line":"Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-88.90\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1405685,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353796,"identifier":"20-88.93","token":"20\/5.3\/13\/20-88.93","url":"\/20-88.93\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-88.93\/","token":"20\/5.3\/13\/20-88.93","dublin_core":{"Title":"Modification of Convention child support order","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-88.93","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A tribunal<\/span> of the Commonwealth may not modify a Convention<\/span> child support order<\/span> if the obligee<\/span> remains a resident of the foreign country<\/span> where the support order was issued unless: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The obligee<\/span> submits to the jurisdiction<\/span> of a tribunal<\/span> of the Commonwealth, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction<\/span> at the first available opportunity; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The foreign tribunal<\/span> lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction<\/span> to modify its support order or issue<\/span> a new support order. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If a tribunal of the Commonwealth does not modify a Convention<\/span> child support order<\/span> because the order is not recognized in the Commonwealth, subsection C of § 20-88.90<\/a> applies. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMODIFICATION OF CONVENTION CHILD SUPPORT ORDER (\u00a7 20-88.93)\n\nA. A tribunal of the Commonwealth may not modify a Convention child support\norder if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support\norder was issued unless:\n\n 1. The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of the Commonwealth,\n either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting\n to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or\n\n 2. The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify\n its support order or issue a new support order.\n\nB. If a tribunal of the Commonwealth does not modify a Convention child support\norder because the order is not recognized in the Commonwealth, subsection C of\n§ 20-88.90 applies.\n\nHISTORY: 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"}}