A. The juvenile and domestic relations district courts, circuit courts, and the Department of Social Services are the tribunals of the Commonwealth.
B. The Department of Social Services is the support enforcement agency of the Commonwealth.
Va. Code Ann. § 20-88.33
Tribunals of the Commonwealth and support enforcement agency
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 58 Va. Cir. 338 - Division of Child Support Enforcement v. Lee (2002)
Most recently applied in 58 Va. Cir. 338 - Division of Child Support Enforcement v. Lee (March 2002)
1994, c. 673; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.