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Va. Code Ann. § 20-88.64:5

Contest by obligor

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 748 F. Supp. 2d 522 - In Re Request for Judicial Assistance (2010)

Most recently applied in 748 F. Supp. 2d 522 - In Re Request for Judicial Assistance (September 2010)

1997, cc. 797, 897; 2005, c. 754.

A. An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in the Commonwealth by registering the order in a tribunal of the Commonwealth and filing a contest to that order as provided in this chapter or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of the Commonwealth.

B. The obligor shall give notice of the contest to (i) a support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee, (ii) each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor, and (iii) the support enforcement agency designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.