Code of Virginia
Title 20 - Domestic Relations

§ 20-20. Clerk to file license and certificate; indexing names of parties; certified copies as evidence - The clerk to whom the license and certificate are returned,...

§ 20-21. Clerk to furnish attorney for the Commonwealth list of licenses not returned by minister - It shall be the duty of every clerk issuing marriage...

§ 20-22. Attorney for the Commonwealth to ascertain before circuit court name of minister failing to return certificates - It shall be the duty of the attorney for the...

§ 20-23. Order authorizing ministers to perform ceremony - When a minister of any religious denomination produces before the...

§ 20-24. Penalty for failure to certify record of marriage - If any minister, authorized to celebrate rites of marriage under...

§ 20-25. Persons other than ministers who may perform rites - Upon petition filed with the clerk and payment of applicable...

§ 20-26. Marriage between members of religious society having no minister - Marriages between persons belonging to any religious society which has...

§ 20-27. Fee for celebrating marriage - Any person authorized under § 20-25 to celebrate the rites...

§ 20-28. Penalty for celebrating marriage without license - If any person knowingly perform the ceremony of marriage without...

§ 20-29. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 644.

§ 20-30. Licenses of persons on federal reservations - The clerks of the circuit courts of any counties or...

§ 20-31. Belief of parties in lawful marriage validates certain defects - No marriage solemnized under a license issued in this Commonwealth...

§ 20-31.1. When marriage legitimates children; issue of marriages prohibited by law, etc., legitimate - If a person, having had a child, shall afterwards intermarry...

§ 20-32. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2010, c. 352, cl. 2.

§ 20-33. Penalty for clerk issuing license contrary to law - If any clerk of a court knowingly issue a marriage...

§ 20-34. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1968, c. 318.

§ 20-37. Validation of certain marriages when license issued by clerk of county court - All marriages of females residing within jurisdiction of a corporation...

§ 20-37.1. Validation of certain marriages solemnized outside of Commonwealth - All marriages heretofore solemnized outside this Commonwealth by a minister...

§ 20-37.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1977, c. 624.

Chapter 3 - Unlawful Marriages Generally

§ 20-38. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 644.

§ 20-38.1. Certain marriages prohibited - The following marriages are prohibited: 1. A marriage entered into...

§ 20-39. Prohibition continues notwithstanding dissolution of previous marriage - In the cases mentioned in § 20-38.1, in which the...

§ 20-40. Punishment for violation of such prohibition; leaving Commonwealth to avoid - If any person marry in violation of § 20-38.1, he...

§ 20-41. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 589.

§ 20-43. Bigamous marriages void without decree - All marriages that are prohibited by law on account of...

§ 20-44. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 589.

§ 20-45. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 644.

§ 20-45.1. Void and voidable marriages - A. All marriages that are prohibited by § 20-38.1 are...

§ 20-45.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, cc. 75 and 195, cl. 1,...

§ 20-46. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1985, c. 421.

§ 20-48. Minimum age of marriage - The minimum age at which persons may marry shall be...

§ 20-49. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2016, cc. 457 and 543, cl. 2.

Chapter 3.1 - Proceedings to Determine Parentage

§ 20-49.1. How parent and child relationship established - A. The parent and child relationship between a child and...

§ 20-49.2. Commencement of action; parties; jurisdiction - Proceedings under this chapter may be instituted upon petition, verified...

§ 20-49.3. Admission of genetic tests - A. In the trial of any matter in any court...

§ 20-49.4. Evidence relating to parentage - The standard of proof in any action to establish parentage...

§ 20-49.5. Support of children of unwed parents by the father; testimony under oath - Whenever in any legal proceedings a man voluntarily testifies under...

§ 20-49.6. Proceedings to establish paternity or enforce support obligations of males between the ages of fourteen and eighteen - In any proceeding to establish or enforce an obligation for...

§ 20-49.7. Civil actions - An action brought under this chapter is a civil action....

§ 20-49.8. Judgment or order; costs; birth record - A. A judgment or order establishing parentage may include any...

§ 20-49.9. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 747, cl. 10, effective October...

§ 20-49.10. Relief from legal determination of paternity - An individual may file a petition for relief and, except...

Chapter 4 - Colored Persons; Marriage Between White and Colored Persons

§ 20-50. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1968, c. 318.

Chapter 4.1 - Support

§ 20-60.1. Applicability of chapter - The provisions of this chapter shall apply to and govern...

§ 20-60.2. Admissibility and identification of support payment records - Copies of support payment records maintained by the Department of...

§ 20-60.3. Contents of support orders - All orders directing the payment of spousal support where there...

§ 20-60.4. Abstracts of orders, etc.; clerk shall transmit information regarding any order of support which is entered or modified to Department of Social Services - The transmission of data between the courts and the Department...

§ 20-60.5. Support payment provisions; how paid - A. 1. Unless otherwise directed by the Committee on District...

§ 20-60.6. When delivery of notice to party at last known address sufficient - In any subsequent child support enforcement proceeding between the parties,...

Chapter 5 - Desertion and Nonsupport

§ 20-61. Desertion or nonsupport of wife, husband or children in necessitous circumstances - Any spouse who without cause deserts or willfully neglects or...

§ 20-61.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, cc. 866, 878.

§ 20-61.3. Consequences of a putative father failing to appear - If a putative father fails to appear after having been...

§ 20-62. Commitment to workhouse, city farm or work squad for such desertion - In the event that the cities or counties of this...

§ 20-63. Support payments by county or city - It shall be the duty of the governing body of...

§ 20-64. Proceedings instituted by petition - Proceedings under this chapter may be instituted upon petition, verified...

§ 20-65. Summons or warrant; investigation and hearing - Upon the filing of such petition the court shall forthwith...

§ 20-66. Contempt proceedings; trial in absence of defendant - (a) If the person so summoned fails without reasonable cause...

§ 20-67. Jurisdiction - Proceedings under this chapter shall be had in the juvenile...

§ 20-68. Appeal - The person accused shall have the same right of appeal...

§ 20-69. Fees of officers - The officers acting under this chapter shall be entitled to...

§ 20-70. No warrant of arrest to issue - Except as otherwise in this chapter provided, no warrant of...

§ 20-71. Temporary orders for support - At any time before the trial, upon motion of the...

§ 20-71.1. Attorneys' fees in proceedings under § 20-71 - In any proceeding by a spouse petitioning under § 20-71...

§ 20-72. Probation on order directing defendant to pay and enter recognizance - Before the trial, with the consent of the defendant, or...

§ 20-73. Condition of the recognizance - The condition of the recognizance shall be such that if...

§ 20-74. Support orders to remain in effect until annulled; modification - Any order of support or amendment thereof entered under the...

§ 20-75. Procedure when accused outside territorial jurisdiction - Whenever the accused is outside the territorial jurisdiction of the...

§ 20-76. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1974, c. 464.

§ 20-77. When authority to suspend sentence may be exercised; deduction of certain time from sentence - The authority of the court to suspend sentences under §§...

§ 20-78. Continuance of failure to support after completion of sentence - Any person sentenced under §§ 20-72 to 20-79 who, after...

§ 20-78.1. Effect of entry of support order in certain garnishment proceedings - A. A judgment for arrearage, or an order or decree...

§ 20-78.2. Attorney fees and interest on support arrearage - The entry of an order or decree of support for...

§ 20-79. Effect of divorce proceedings - (a) In any case where an order has been entered...

§ 20-79.1. Enforcement of support orders; income deduction; penalty for wrongful discharge - A. For the purposes of this section, the terms "employee,"...

§ 20-79.2. Immediate income deduction; income withholding - A. For the purposes of this section, the terms "employer"...

§ 20-79.3. Information required in income deduction order - A. For the purposes of this section, the terms "employee,"...

§ 20-80. Violation of orders; trial; forfeiture of recognizance - If at any time the court may be satisfied by...

§ 20-81. Presumptions as to desertion and abandonment - Proof of desertion or of neglect of spouse, child or...

§ 20-82. Spouses competent as witnesses - In every prosecution under this chapter, persons married to each...

§ 20-83. Venue of offense - Any offense under this chapter shall be held to have...

§ 20-83.1. Transfer of cases between courts in certain instances - (a) In the event that a spouse or dependent child...

§ 20-84. Extradition - Whenever the judge of, or magistrate serving, the jurisdiction wherein...

§ 20-85. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 495.

§ 20-87. Arrest for violating directions, rules or regulations given by judge - Whenever the chief of police or sheriff becomes satisfied that...

§ 20-87.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 467.

§ 20-88. Support of parents by children - It shall be the joint and several duty of all...

§ 20-88.01. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 662.

§ 20-88.02. Transfer of assets to qualify for assistance; liability of transferees - A. As used in this section, "uncompensated value" means the...

§ 20-88.02:1. Limitations on spousal support orders resulting in eligibility for medical assistance services; definitions - A. Whenever any court shall determine that any petition for...

Chapter 5.1 - Civil Proceedings to Compel Support

§ 20-88.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1952, c. 516.

Chapter 5.2 - Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act

§ 20-88.12. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1994, c. 673.

Chapter 5.3 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

§ 20-88.32. Definitions - In this chapter: "Child" means an individual, whether over or...

§ 20-88.32:1. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this Uniform Interstate Family Support Act,...

§ 20-88.33. Tribunals of the Commonwealth and support enforcement agency - A. The juvenile and domestic relations district courts, circuit courts,...

§ 20-88.34. Remedies cumulative - A. Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do...

§ 20-88.34:1. Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding - A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth shall apply Articles 1...

§ 20-88.35. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident - In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order...

§ 20-88.36. Duration of personal jurisdiction - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of the Commonwealth in...

§ 20-88.37. Initiating and responding tribunal of the Commonwealth - Under this chapter, a tribunal of the Commonwealth may serve...

§ 20-88.38. Simultaneous proceedings in another state - A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth may exercise jurisdiction to...

§ 20-88.39. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order - A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth that has issued a...

§ 20-88.40. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order - A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth that has issued a...

§ 20-88.41. Determination of controlling child support order - A. If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and...

§ 20-88.42. Child support orders for two or more obligees - In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two...

§ 20-88.43. Credit for payments - A tribunal of the Commonwealth shall credit amounts collected for...

§ 20-88.43:1. Application to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction - A tribunal of the Commonwealth exercising personal jurisdiction over a...

§ 20-88.43:2. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order - A. A court of the Commonwealth issuing a spousal support...

§ 20-88.44. Proceedings under this chapter - A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article...

§ 20-88.45. Action by minor parent - A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative...

§ 20-88.46. Application of law of the Commonwealth - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal...

§ 20-88.47. Duties of initiating tribunal - A. Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this...

§ 20-88.48. Duties and powers of responding tribunal - A. When a responding tribunal of the Commonwealth receives a...

§ 20-88.49. Inappropriate tribunal - If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an...

§ 20-88.50. Duties of support enforcement agency - A. A support enforcement agency of the Commonwealth, upon request,...

§ 20-88.51. Duty of Secretary of Health and Human Resources - A. If the Secretary of Health and Human Resources determines...

§ 20-88.52. Private counsel - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...

§ 20-88.53. Duties of state information agency - A. The Department of Social Services is the state information...

§ 20-88.54. Pleadings and accompanying documents - A. In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking...

§ 20-88.55. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances - Upon a finding, which may be made ex parte, that...

§ 20-88.56. Costs and fees - A. The petitioner may not be required to pay a...

§ 20-88.57. Limited immunity of petitioner - A. Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this...

§ 20-88.58. Nonparentage as defense - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...

§ 20-88.59. Special rules of evidence and procedure - A. The physical presence of a nonresident party who is...

§ 20-88.60. Communications between tribunals - A tribunal of the Commonwealth may communicate with a tribunal...

§ 20-88.61. Assistance with discovery - A tribunal of the Commonwealth may (i) request a tribunal...

§ 20-88.62. Receipt and disbursement of payments - A. A support enforcement agency or tribunal of the Commonwealth...

§ 20-88.63. Establishment of support order - A. If a support order entitled to recognition under this...

§ 20-88.63:1. Proceeding to determine parentage - A tribunal of the Commonwealth authorized to determine parentage of...

§ 20-88.64. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state - An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent...

§ 20-88.64:1. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state - A. Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer...

§ 20-88.64:2. Compliance with two or more income-withholding orders - If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders...

§ 20-88.64:3. Immunity from civil liability - An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in...

§ 20-88.64:4. Penalties for noncompliance - An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding...

§ 20-88.64:5. Contest by obligor - A. An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of...

§ 20-88.65. Administrative enforcement of orders - A. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce...

§ 20-88.66. Registration of order for enforcement - A foreign support order, or a support order or an...

§ 20-88.67. Procedure to register order for enforcement - A. Except as provided in § 20-88.88, a foreign support...

§ 20-88.68. Effect of registration for enforcement - A. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another...

§ 20-88.69. Choice of law; statute of limitations - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection D, the law...

§ 20-88.70. Notice of registration of order; contest of validity or enforcement - A. When a support order or income-withholding order issued in...

§ 20-88.71. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order - A. A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or...

§ 20-88.72. Contest of registration or enforcement - A. A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a...

§ 20-88.73. Confirmed order - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...

§ 20-88.74. Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...

§ 20-88.75. Effect of registration for modification - A tribunal of the Commonwealth may enforce a child support...

§ 20-88.76. Modification of child support order of another state - A. If § 20-88.77:1 does not apply, upon petition a...

§ 20-88.77. Recognition of order modified in another state - If a child support order issued by a tribunal of...

§ 20-88.77:1. Jurisdiction to modify support order of another state when individual parties reside in this Commonwealth - A. If all of the parties who are individuals reside...

§ 20-88.77:2. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification - Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child support...

§ 20-88.77:3. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country - A. Except as provided in § 20-88.93, if a foreign...

§ 20-88.77:4. Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...

§ 20-88.78. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 727, cl. 2, effective April...

§ 20-88.79. Grounds for rendition - A. For purposes of this article, "governor" includes an individual...

§ 20-88.80. Conditions of rendition - A. Before making a demand that the governor of another...

§ 20-88.81. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 727, cl. 2, effective April...

§ 20-88.83. Definitions - As used in this article: "Application" means a request under...

§ 20-88.84. Applicability - This article applies only to a support proceeding under the...

§ 20-88.85. Relationship of Department of Social Services to United States central authority - The Department of Social Services of the Commonwealth is recognized...

§ 20-88.86. Initiation by Department of Social Services of support proceeding under convention - A. In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department...

§ 20-88.87. Direct request - A. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment...

§ 20-88.88. Registration of Convention support order - A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a party...

§ 20-88.89. Contest of registered convention support order - A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, §§ 20-88.71,...

§ 20-88.90. Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B, a tribunal...

§ 20-88.91. Partial enforcement - If a tribunal of the Commonwealth does not recognize and...

§ 20-88.92. Foreign support agreement - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsections C and D,...

§ 20-88.93. Modification of Convention child support order - A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth may not modify a...

§ 20-88.94. Personal information; limit on use - Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be...

§ 20-88.95. Record in original language; English translation - A record filed with a tribunal of the Commonwealth under...

Chapter 6 - Divorce, Affirmation and Annulment

§ 20-89. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 644.

§ 20-89.1. Suit to annul marriage - A. When a marriage is alleged to be void or...

§ 20-90. Suit to affirm marriage - A. When the validity of any marriage shall be denied...

§ 20-91. Grounds for divorce from bond of matrimony; contents of decree - A. A divorce from the bond of matrimony may be...

§ 20-92. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 644.

§ 20-93. Insanity of guilty party after commencement of desertion no defense - When the suit is for divorce from the bond of...

§ 20-94. Effect of cohabitation after knowledge of adultery, sodomy or buggery; lapse of five years - When the suit is for divorce for adultery, sodomy, or...

§ 20-95. Grounds for divorces from bed and board - A divorce from bed and board may be decreed for...

§ 20-96. Jurisdiction of suits for annulment, affirmance or divorce - The circuit court shall have jurisdiction of suits for annulling...

§ 20-96.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1999, c. 161.

§ 20-97. Domicile and residential requirements for suits for annulment, affirmance, or divorce - No suit for annulling a marriage or for divorce shall...

§ 20-98. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1977, c. 624.

§ 20-99. How such suits instituted and conducted; costs - Such suit shall be instituted and conducted as other suits...

§ 20-99.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 583.

§ 20-99.1:1. How defendant may accept service; waive service - A. A defendant in such suits may accept service of...

§ 20-99.2. Service in divorce and annulment cases - A. In any suit for divorce or annulment or affirmation...

§ 20-100. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1974, c. 123.

§ 20-101. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 644.

§ 20-102. When not necessary to allege or prove offer of reconciliation - It shall not be necessary, in any suit for divorce...

§ 20-103. Court may make orders pending suit for divorce, custody or visitation, etc. - A. In suits for divorce, annulment and separate maintenance, and...

§ 20-104. Order of publication against nonresident defendant - In any suit for annulment, for divorce, either a vinculo...

§ 20-104.1. Orders of publication may be combined - Orders of publication as provided for in § 20-104 in...

§ 20-105. Permissible form for orders of publication - Any orders of publication under the provisions of § 20-104...

§ 20-105.1. Alternative procedures - The provisions of Title 8.01 for orders of publication shall...

§ 20-106. Testimony may be required to be given orally; evidence by affidavit - A. In any suit for divorce, the trial court may...

§ 20-107. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1982, c. 309.

§ 20-107.1. Court may decree as to maintenance and support of spouses - A. Pursuant to any proceeding arising under subsection L of...

§ 20-107.1:1. Court may decree as to maintenance of life insurance policy - A. Upon entry of a decree providing for (i) the...

§ 20-107.2. Court may decree as to custody and support of children - Upon entry of a decree providing (i) for the dissolution...

§ 20-107.3. Court may decree as to property and debts of the parties - A. Upon decreeing the dissolution of a marriage, and also...

§ 20-108. Revision and alteration of such decrees - The court may, from time to time after decreeing as...

§ 20-108.1. Determination of child or spousal support - A. In any proceeding on the issue of determining spousal...

§ 20-108.2. Guideline for determination of child support; quadrennial review by Child Support Guidelines Review Panel; executive summary - A. There shall be a rebuttable presumption in any judicial...

§ 20-109. Changing maintenance and support for a spouse; effect of stipulations as to maintenance and support for a spouse; cessation upon cohabitation, remarriage, or death; effect of retirement - A. Upon petition of either party the court may increase,...

§ 20-109.1. Affirmation, ratification and incorporation by reference in decree of agreement between parties - Any court may affirm, ratify and incorporate by reference in...

§ 20-110. Maintenance and support for a spouse to cease on remarriage - If any former spouse to whom support and maintenance has...

§ 20-111. Decree of divorce from bond of matrimony extinguishes contingent property rights - Upon the entry of a decree of divorce from the...

§ 20-111.1. Revocation of death benefits by divorce or annulment - A. Except as otherwise provided under federal law or law...

§ 20-112. Notice when proceedings reopened - When the proceedings are reopened to increase, decrease or terminate...

§ 20-113. Procedure when respondent fails to perform order for support and maintenance of child or spouse or owes support and maintenance or additional support and maintenance - The court, when it finds the respondent has failed to...

§ 20-114. Recognizance for compliance with order or decree - Upon the entry, or thereafter, of any order or decree...

§ 20-115. Commitment and sentence for failure to comply with order or decree - Upon failure or refusal to give the recognizance provided for...

§ 20-116. Effect of divorce from bed and board and what court may decree - In granting a divorce from bed and board, the court...

§ 20-117. Divorce from bond of matrimony after divorce from bed and board - The granting of a divorce from bed and board shall...

§ 20-118. Prohibition of remarriage pending appeal from divorce decree; certain marriages validated - On the dissolution of the bond of matrimony for any...

§ 20-119. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 644.

§ 20-120. Revocation of decree from bed and board - A decree of divorce from bed and board entered in...

§ 20-121. Merger of decree for divorce from bed and board with decree for divorce from bond of matrimony - In any case where a decree of divorce from bed...

§ 20-121.01. Decree of divorce from bonds of matrimony without decree from bed and board - In any case where willful desertion or cruelty is the...

§ 20-121.02. Decree of divorce without amended bill or amended cross-bill - In any divorce suit wherein a bill of complaint or...

§ 20-121.03. Identifying information confidential; separate addendum - Any petition, pleading, motion, order, or decree filed under this...

§ 20-121.1. Reinstatement of suit - In any suit which has been stricken from the docket,...

§ 20-121.2. Validation of absolute divorce granted where no decree from bed and board - Any absolute divorce granted in this Commonwealth under circumstances in...

§ 20-121.3. Validation of certain divorces granted prior to April 23, 1962 - Every divorce granted by any court of record of this...

§ 20-121.4. Restoration of former name - Upon decreeing a divorce from the bond of matrimony the...

§ 20-122. Advertising offer to obtain divorces - Whosoever prints, publishes, distributes, or circulates, or causes to be...

§ 20-123. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1964, c. 99.

§ 20-124. Sequestration of record - Upon motion of a party to any suit under this...

Chapter 6.1 - Custody and Visitation Arrangements for Minor Children

§ 20-124.1. Definitions - As used in this chapter: "Joint custody" means (i) joint...

§ 20-124.2. Court-ordered custody and visitation arrangements - A. In any case in which custody or visitation of...

§ 20-124.2:1. In camera interviews of child; record - In any proceeding in a court of record to determine...

§ 20-124.3. Best interests of the child; visitation - In determining best interests of a child for purposes of...

§ 20-124.3:1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2008, c. 809, cl. 1.

§ 20-124.4. Mediation - A. In any appropriate case the court shall refer the...

§ 20-124.5. Notification of relocation - In any proceeding involving custody or visitation, the court shall...

§ 20-124.6. Access to minor's records - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither parent, regardless...

Chapter 6.2 - Virginia Military Parents Equal Protection Act

§ 20-124.7. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter: "Deploying parent or guardian" means...

§ 20-124.8. Deployment; temporary order - A. Any court order limiting previously ordered custodial or visitation...

§ 20-124.9. When no order is in place; expedited hearing; conduct of hearing - A. If no court order exists as to the custody,...

§ 20-124.10. Contents of temporary custody or visitation order - Any order entered pursuant to § 20-124.8 shall provide that...

Chapter 7 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act

§ 20-125. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 305.

Chapter 7.1 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

§ 20-146.1. Definitions - In this act: "Child" means an individual who has not...

§ 20-146.2. Proceedings governed by other law - This act does not govern an adoption proceeding or a...

§ 20-146.3. Application to Indian tribes - A. A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian...

§ 20-146.4. International application - A. A court of this Commonwealth shall treat a foreign...

§ 20-146.5. Effect of child custody determination - A child custody determination made by a court of this...

§ 20-146.6. Priority - If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under...

§ 20-146.7. Notice to persons outside state - A. Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a...

§ 20-146.8. Appearance and limited immunity - A. A party to a child custody proceeding, including a...

§ 20-146.9. Communication between courts - A. Before finding and exercising jurisdiction, a court of this...

§ 20-146.10. Taking testimony in another state - A. In addition to other procedures available to a party,...

§ 20-146.11. Cooperation between courts; preservation of records - A. A court of this Commonwealth may request the appropriate...

§ 20-146.12. Initial child custody jurisdiction - A. Except as otherwise provided in § 20-146.15, a court...

§ 20-146.13. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction - A. Except as otherwise provided in § 20-146.15, a court...

§ 20-146.14. Jurisdiction to modify determination - Except as otherwise provided in § 20-146.15, a court of...

§ 20-146.15. Temporary emergency jurisdiction - A. A court of this Commonwealth has temporary emergency jurisdiction...

§ 20-146.16. Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder - A. Before a child's custody determination is made under this...

§ 20-146.17. Simultaneous proceedings - A. Except as otherwise provided in § 20-146.15, a court...

§ 20-146.18. Inconvenient forum - A. A court of this Commonwealth that has jurisdiction under...

§ 20-146.19. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct - A. Except as otherwise provided in § 20-146.15 or by...

§ 20-146.20. Information to be submitted to court - A. In a child custody proceeding, each party, in its...

§ 20-146.21. Appearance of parties and child - A. In a child custody proceeding in this Commonwealth, the...

§ 20-146.22. Definitions - In this article: "Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement...

§ 20-146.23. Enforcement under Hague Convention - Under this article a court of this Commonwealth may enforce...

§ 20-146.24. Duty to enforce - A. A court of this Commonwealth shall recognize and enforce...

§ 20-146.25. Temporary visitation - A. A court of this Commonwealth that does not have...

§ 20-146.26. Registration of child custody determination - A. A child custody determination issued by a court of...

§ 20-146.27. Enforcement of registered determination - A. A court of this Commonwealth may grant any relief...

§ 20-146.28. Simultaneous proceedings - If a proceeding for enforcement under this article is commenced...

§ 20-146.29. Expedited enforcement of child custody; determination - A. A petition under this article must be verified. Certified...

§ 20-146.30. Service of petition and order - Except as otherwise provided in § 20-146.32, the petition and...

§ 20-146.31. Hearing and order - A. Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant...

§ 20-146.32. Ex parte order to take physical custody of child - A. Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of...

§ 20-146.33. Costs, fees, and expenses - A. The court shall award the prevailing party, including a...

§ 20-146.34. Recognition and enforcement - A court of this Commonwealth shall accord full faith and...

§ 20-146.35. Appeals - An appeal may be taken from a final order in...

§ 20-146.36. Application and construction - In applying and construing this act, consideration shall be given...

§ 20-146.37. Transitional provision - A motion or other request for relief made in a...

§ 20-146.38. Construction of provisions; purposes of act - A. The general purposes of this act are to: 1....

Chapter 8 - Premarital Agreement Act

§ 20-147. Application - This chapter shall apply to any premarital agreement executed on...

§ 20-148. Definitions - As used in this chapter: "Premarital agreement" means an agreement...

§ 20-149. Formalities of premarital agreement - A premarital agreement shall be in writing and signed by...

§ 20-150. Content of agreement - Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to:...

§ 20-151. Enforcement; void marriage - A. A premarital agreement is not enforceable if the person...

§ 20-152. Limitation of actions - Any statute of limitations applicable to an action asserting a...

§ 20-153. Amendment or revocation of agreement - After marriage, a premarital agreement may be amended or revoked...

§ 20-154. Prior agreements - All written agreements entered into prior to the enactment of...

§ 20-155. Marital agreements - Married persons may enter into agreements with each other for...

Chapter 9 - Status of Children of Assisted Conception

§ 20-156. Definitions - As used in this chapter unless the context requires a...

§ 20-157. Virginia law to control - The provisions of this chapter shall control, without exception, in...

§ 20-158. Parentage of child resulting from assisted conception - A. Determination of parentage, generally. — Except as provided in...

§ 20-159. Surrogacy contracts permissible - A. A surrogate, her spouse, if any, and the prospective...

§ 20-160. Petition and hearing for court approval of surrogacy contract; requirements; orders - A. Prior to the performance of assisted conception, the intended...

§ 20-161. Termination of court-approved surrogacy contract - A. Subsequent to an order entered pursuant to subsection B...

§ 20-162. Contracts not approved by the court; requirements - A. In the case of any surrogacy agreement for which...

§ 20-163. Miscellaneous provisions related to all surrogacy contracts - A. The surrogate shall be solely responsible for the clinical...

§ 20-164. Relation of parent and child - A child whose status as a child is declared or...

§ 20-165. Surrogate brokers prohibited; penalty; liability of surrogate brokers - A. It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership,...

Chapter 10 - Power of Attorney to Delegate Parental or Legal Custodial Powers

§ 20-166. Power of attorney to delegate parental or legal custodial powers - A. A parent or legal custodian of a child, by...

§ 20-167. Statutory form for power of attorney to delegate parental or legal custodial powers - A. A power of attorney to delegate parental or legal...

Chapter 11 - Uniform Collaborative Law Act

§ 20-168. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:...

§ 20-169. Applicability - This chapter applies to a collaborative law participation agreement that...

§ 20-170. Collaborative law participation agreement; requirements - A. A collaborative law participation agreement shall: 1. Be in...

§ 20-171. Beginning and concluding collaborative law process - A. A collaborative law process begins when the parties sign...

§ 20-172. Proceedings pending before tribunal; status report - A. Persons in a proceeding pending before a tribunal may...

§ 20-173. Emergency order - During a collaborative law process, a tribunal may issue emergency...

§ 20-174. Affirmation of agreement by tribunal - A tribunal may affirm, ratify, and incorporate into a court...

§ 20-175. Disqualification of collaborative lawyer and lawyers in associated law firm; exception - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection C, a collaborative...

§ 20-176. Low-income parties; exception from imputed disqualification - A. The disqualification provisions of § 20-175 apply to a...

§ 20-177. Disclosure of information - Except as otherwise provided by law, during the collaborative law...

§ 20-178. Standards of professional responsibility and mandatory reporting not affected - This chapter does not affect the professional responsibility obligations and...

§ 20-179. Appropriateness of collaborative law process - Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement,...

§ 20-180. History of family abuse - A. Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation...

§ 20-181. Confidentiality of collaborative law communication - A collaborative law communication is confidential to the extent agreed...

§ 20-182. Privilege against disclosure of collaborative law communication; admissibility; discovery - A. Subject to §§ 20-183 and 20-184, a collaborative law...

§ 20-183. Waiver and preclusion of privilege - A. A privilege under § 20-182 may be waived in...

§ 20-184. Limits of privilege - A. There is no privilege under § 20-182 for a...

§ 20-185. Authority of tribunal in case of noncompliance - A. If a collaborative law participation agreement fails to meet...

§ 20-186. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform chapter, consideration shall be...

§ 20-187. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in...

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Code of Virginia Title 20 - Domestic Relations

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Title 20 - Domestic Relations