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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353768</law_id><section_number>20-88.68</section_number><catch_line>Effect of registration for enforcement</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="56" identifier="20">Domestic Relations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="10" identifier="5.3">Uniform Interstate Family Support Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="8">Enforcement and Modification of Support Order After Registration</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A support order or <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">income</span>-withholding order</span> issued in another <span class="dictionary">state</span> or a <span class="dictionary">foreign support order</span> is registered when the order is filed in the <span class="dictionary">registering tribunal</span> of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-1317902" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.68/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A registered support order issued in another <span class="dictionary">state</span> or in a <span class="dictionary">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. <a id="paragraph-1317903" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.68/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">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 <span class="dictionary">issuing tribunal</span> had <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-1317904" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.68/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 673; 2015, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
