20-88.64:5 - Contest by obligor - Virginia Statutes

§ 20-88.64:5. Contest by obligor.

A. An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of anincome-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by anemployer in the Commonwealth by registering the order in a tribunal of theCommonwealth and filing a contest to that order as provided in this chapteror otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had beenissued by a tribunal of the Commonwealth.

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

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