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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353769</law_id><section_number>20-88.69</section_number><catch_line>Choice of law; statute of limitations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>20-88.72</reference></referred_to_by><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> Except as otherwise provided in subsection D, the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the <span class="dictionary">issuing state</span> or <span class="dictionary">foreign country</span> governs (i) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered <span class="dictionary">support order</span>; (ii) the computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the <span class="dictionary">support order</span>; and (iii) the existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the <span class="dictionary">support order</span>. <a id="paragraph-1317905" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.69/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In a proceeding for <span class="dictionary">arrears</span> under a registered <span class="dictionary">support order</span>, the <span class="dictionary">statute of limitations</span> of the Commonwealth or of the <span class="dictionary">issuing state</span> or <span class="dictionary">foreign country</span>, whichever is longer, applies. <a id="paragraph-1317906" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.69/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">responding tribunal</span> of the Commonwealth shall apply the procedures and remedies of the Commonwealth to enforce current support and collect <span class="dictionary">arrears</span> and interest due on a <span class="dictionary">support order</span> of another state or a <span class="dictionary">foreign country</span> registered in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-1317907" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.69/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> After a tribunal of the Commonwealth or another state determines which is the controlling order and <span class="dictionary">issues</span> an order consolidating <span class="dictionary">arrears</span>, if any, a tribunal of the Commonwealth shall prospectively apply the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the state or <span class="dictionary">foreign country</span> issuing the controlling order, including its <span class="dictionary">law</span> on interest on <span class="dictionary">arrears</span>, on current and future support, and on consolidated <span class="dictionary">arrears</span>. <a id="paragraph-1317908" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.69/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
