§ 20-88.83 Definitions.
§ 20-88.84 Applicability.
§ 20-88.85 Relationship of Department of Social Services to United States central authority.
§ 20-88.86 Initiation by Department of Social Services of support proceeding under convention.
§ 20-88.87 Direct request.
§ 20-88.88 Registration of Convention support order.
§ 20-88.89 Contest of registered convention support order.
§ 20-88.90 Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order.
§ 20-88.91 Partial enforcement.
§ 20-88.92 Foreign support agreement.
§ 20-88.93 Modification of Convention child support order.
§ 20-88.94 Personal information; limit on use.
§ 20-88.95 Record in original language; English translation.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 20 > Chapter 5.3 > Article 13 - Support Proceeding under Hague Convention.

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Application: means a request under the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. See Virginia Code 20-88.83
  • Central authority: means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in § Virginia Code 20-88.83
  • Convention support order: means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in § Virginia Code 20-88.83
  • Direct request: means a petition or similar pleading filed by an individual in a tribunal of the Commonwealth in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States. See Virginia Code 20-88.83
  • Foreign support agreement: includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the Convention. See Virginia Code 20-88.83
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
  • United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255