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1998 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 506
Offered January 26, 1998
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 20-124.2:1, relating to minor children; court-ordered visitation.
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Patron-- Quayle (By Request)
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Referred to the Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 20-124.2:1 as follows:

§ 20-124.2:1. Compensatory time for lost visitation.

Any parent who is denied court-ordered visitation shall be given equal compensatory time within thirty days from the time lost, upon the first denial. Upon the second denial within a twelve-month period, the parent denied shall be given double make-up time. Upon the third denial, without just cause shown, within a twelve-month period, the person with primary physical custody, if responsible for the denials, shall forfeit custody and child support to the parent so denied.