20-67 - Jurisdiction. - Virginia Statutes

§ 20-67. Jurisdiction.

Proceedings under this chapter shall be had in the juvenile and domesticrelations district courts, which shall have exclusive original jurisdictionin all cases arising under this chapter, except that any grand jury of anycircuit court may indict for desertion and nonsupport in any case wherein thedefendant is a fugitive from the Commonwealth, and any defendant so indictedor presented and apprehended may be tried by the court in which theindictment or presentment is found or, in the discretion of the court,referred to the juvenile and domestic relations district court.

(1944, p. 212; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1937c; 1974, c. 464; 1975, c. 644.)