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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353795</law_id><section_number>20-88.92</section_number><catch_line>Foreign support agreement</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="13" identifier="13">Support Proceeding Under Hague Convention</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as otherwise provided in subsections C and D, a <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of the Commonwealth shall recognize and enforce a <span class="dictionary">foreign support agreement</span> registered in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-1318034" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.92/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> An <span class="dictionary">application</span> or <span class="dictionary">direct request</span> for recognition and enforcement of a <span class="dictionary">foreign support agreement</span> must be accompanied by: <a id="paragraph-1318035" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.92/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A complete text of the <span class="dictionary">foreign support agreement</span>; and <a id="paragraph-1318036" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.92/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A <span class="dictionary">record</span> stating that the <span class="dictionary">foreign support agreement</span> is enforceable as an <span class="dictionary">order</span> of support in the issuing country. <a id="paragraph-1318037" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.92/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of the Commonwealth may vacate the registration of a <span class="dictionary">foreign support agreement</span> only if, acting on its own <span class="dictionary">motion</span>, the <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy. <a id="paragraph-1318038" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.92/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> In a contest of a <span class="dictionary">foreign support agreement</span>, a <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of the Commonwealth may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds that: <a id="paragraph-1318039" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.92/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy; <a id="paragraph-1318040" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.92/#D1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The agreement was obtained by <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> or falsification; <a id="paragraph-1318041" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.92/#D2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The agreement is incompatible with a <span class="dictionary">support order</span> involving the same parties and having the same purpose in the Commonwealth, another <span class="dictionary">state</span>, or a <span class="dictionary">foreign country</span> if the <span class="dictionary">support order</span> is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in the Commonwealth; or <a id="paragraph-1318042" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.92/#D3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">record</span> submitted under subsection B lacks authenticity or integrity. <a id="paragraph-1318043" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.92/#D4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a <span class="dictionary">foreign support agreement</span> must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> of the agreement before a <span class="dictionary">tribunal</span> of another <span class="dictionary">state</span> or a <span class="dictionary">foreign country</span>. <a id="paragraph-1318044" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.92/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2015, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
