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Statutes > Virginia > Title-20 > Chapter-6 > 20-112§ 20-112. Notice when proceedings reopened.
When the proceedings are reopened to increase, decrease or terminatemaintenance and support for a spouse or for a child, or to request additionalorders to effectuate previous orders entered pursuant to § 20-107.3, thepetitioning party shall give such notice to the other party by service ofprocess or by order of publication as is required by law. Except as providedby § 20-110, no support order may be retroactively modified, but may bemodified with respect to any period during which there is a pending petitionfor modification in any court, but only from the date that notice of suchpetition has been given to the responding party.
(Code 1919, § 5111; 1944, p. 397; 1948, p. 593; 1975, c. 644; 1987, c. 649;1991, c. 698; 2000, c. 221; 2004, c. 204.)
