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2004 SESSION
040765772Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 20-146.13 and 20-146.14 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 20-146.13. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction.
A. Except as otherwise provided in § 20-146.15, a court of this Commonwealth
that has made a child custody determination consistent with § 20-146.12 or §
20-146.14 has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction as long as the child, the
child's parents or a parent, or any person acting as a parent continue
continues to live in this Commonwealth.
B. A court of this Commonwealth that has made a child custody determination and does not have exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under this section may modify that determination only if it has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under § 20-146.12.
§ 20-146.14. Jurisdiction to modify determination.
Except as otherwise provided in § 20-146.15, a court of this Commonwealth may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this Commonwealth has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under subdivision A 1 or A 2 of § 20-146.12 and:
1. The court of the other state determines that it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under § 20-146.13 or that a court of this Commonwealth would be a more convenient forum under § 20-146.18; or
2. A court of this Commonwealth or a court of the other state determines that
neither the child, the child's parents nor a parent, nor any person acting as a
parent presently reside in the other state.