Code of Virginia
Title 20 - Domestic Relations
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 Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, cc. 866, 878.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 Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1974, c. 464.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...