Proceedings under this chapter

Va. Code Ann. § 20-88.44
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A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter. B. An individual or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or foreign country that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent. 1994, c. 673 ; 2005, c. 754 ; 2015, c. 727 .
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