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2002 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-49.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-49.1. Violation of court order regarding custody and visitation; penalty.
A. Any person who knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally withholds a child
from the child's custodial parent in a clear and significant violation of a
court order respecting the custody or visitation of such child, provided such
child is withheld outside of the Commonwealth, shall be is guilty of a Class 6
felony.
B. Any person who knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally engages in conduct
which that constitutes a clear and significant violation of a court order
respecting the custody or visitation of a child shall be is guilty of a Class 4
3 misdemeanor upon conviction of a first offense. Any person who commits a
second conviction for a violation of this section within twelve months of a
first conviction shall be is guilty of a Class 3 2 misdemeanor, and a third
conviction any person who commits a third violation occurring within
twenty-four months of the first conviction shall be is guilty of a Class 2 1
misdemeanor.