An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person or entity defined as the obligor's employer as defined in § 63.2-1900 under the income-withholding law of the Commonwealth without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of the Commonwealth.
Va. Code Ann. § 20-88.64
Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Happy v. Happy (1997)
Most recently applied in Happy v. Happy (January 1997)
1994, c. 673; 1997, cc. 797, 897; 1998, c. 727; 2005, c. 754; 2015, c. 727.
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