Custody & support in Virginia

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• VAHB839 2027By Adele McClure (D)
  Child custody proceedings; study, provisions to improve procedure for victims of family abuse, etc.

  AI summary Directs a study and recommendations on limiting custody for alleged abusers and improving procedures when family abuse is alleged in custody cases, which would make presumptions or limits against custody for abusers more likely.

  ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentdomestic violence custody, custody parenting time
  Stage: Committee Jul 21: Continued from last session
• VAHB1346 2027By Nadarius Clark (D)
  Noncustodial Parent Employment and Child Support Pilot Program; created, report, sunset.

  AI summary Creates a pilot program offering noncustodial parents in arrears or unemployed referrals to employment, training, education, parenting classes and case management in lieu of or in addition to enforcement remedies, and requires reporting on reduction in use of enforcement remedies and on-time payment

  ↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentchild support, support enforcement
  Stage: Committee Jul 21: Continued from last session
• VASB301 2026By Schuyler VanValkenburg (D)
  Exemptions from garnishment; minimum protected account balance, certain benefit payments.

  AI summary Expands the list of automatically protected benefit payments in garnishment notices and procedures to include child support payments, and requires financial institutions to automatically exempt recent child support deposits from garnishment (except possibly in support-related debts), so more funds (

  ↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentchild support, alimony
  Stage: Law Apr 13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0638)
• VAHB601 2026By Phil Hernandez (D) · 10 cosponsors
  Exemptions from garnishment; minimum protected account balance, certain benefit payments.

  AI summary Expands the list of automatically protected benefit payments in garnishment notices and procedures to include child support payments, and requires financial institutions to automatically exempt recent child support deposits from garnishment (except possibly in support-related debts), so more funds (

  ↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentchild support
  =No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parentalimony
  Stage: Law Apr 13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637)
• VAHB303 2026By Richard Sullivan (D)
  Divorce; adultery, filing, parties living separate and apart, report.

  AI summary The bill removes adultery as a fault ground for divorce from bond of matrimony and repeals several other fault grounds, while directing a work group to study eliminating fault-based grounds and their consideration in spousal support awards, which would reduce the ability of the less-custodial or pay

  ↔Mixed rights of the paying or noncustodial parentalimony
  =No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parentdomestic violence custody
  Stage: Law Apr 13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0918)
• VAHB224 2026By Patrick Hope (D)
  Paternity; proceedings to establish.

  AI summary Makes genetic tests affirming at least 98% probability have the same legal effect as a judgment of paternity, and allows voluntary acknowledgments of paternity to be rescinded within 60 days unless an order is entered, while adding exceptions to bar establishing paternity when conception resulted in

  ↔Mixed rights of the paying or noncustodial parentpaternity
  Stage: Law Apr 8: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369)
• VAHB1406 2026By Virgil Thornton (D)
  Foreign divorce decrees; exercise of power by courts of the Commonwealth, non-domiciled party.

  AI summary Amends equitable distribution and support provisions in divorce cases involving foreign decrees for non-domiciled parties, but makes no change to alimony amount, duration, termination, or related obligations.

  =No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parentalimony, custody parenting time, child support
  Stage: Law Apr 8: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0470)
• VAHB1382 2026By Karen Carnegie (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Members of U.S. Armed Forces, etc.; domicile & residential requirements for annulment, etc.

  AI summary The bill amends divorce and annulment domicile rules for military members and civilian employees but makes no change to alimony, child support, custody, or parenting time standards or procedures.

  =No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parentalimony, custody parenting time
  Stage: Law Apr 8: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0469)
• VAHB440 2026By Leslie Chambers Mehta (D)
  Driver's licenses; repeals suspension for nonpayment of child support and unsatisfied judgments.

  AI summary Repeals the provision allowing suspension of driver's licenses for nonpayment of child support or noncompliance with child support proceedings, and makes related changes to reinstatement and notice requirements, so the noncustodial parent faces fewer penalties for unpaid support.

  ↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentsupport enforcement
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 18: Left in Committee Appropriations
• VAHB1517 2026By Robert Bloxom (R)
  Mandatory sequestration of record; partial sealing, good cause shown exception.

  AI summary Changes the default from discretionary ('may') to mandatory ('shall') court sealing of records in domestic relations suits upon a party's motion (except for good cause shown), making it easier to restrict public access to custody-related case files.

  =No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parentcustody parenting time, other
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 18: Left in Committee Courts of Justice
• VAHB1346 2026By Nadarius Clark (D)
  Noncustodial Parent Employment and Child Support Pilot Program; created, report, sunset.

  AI summary Creates a pilot program assisting noncustodial parents in arrears or unemployed/underemployed with employment referrals, training, education, parenting classes, and case management in lieu of or in addition to enforcement remedies, plus annual reporting on participation, reduced enforcement use, and

  ↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentchild support, support enforcement
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 11: Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
• VAHB839 2026By Adele McClure (D)
  Child custody proceedings; study, provisions to improve procedure for victims of family abuse, etc.

  AI summary Directs a work group to study and recommend changes to custody proceedings when family abuse is alleged, including limiting custody for abusers and improving trainings on abuse and power dynamics, so more restrictions on custody or parenting time for parents found to have committed domestic violence

  ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentdomestic violence custody, custody parenting time
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 6: Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)
• VASB805 2025By Scott Surovell (D)
  Child support; updates amounts in the schedule of basic support obligations.

  AI summary Updates the schedule of monthly basic child support obligations upward for all income levels and numbers of children, and raises the income threshold for applying the percentage add-on from $35,000 to $42,500, so higher support amounts are required in more cases.

  ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentchild support
  Stage: Law May 2, 2025: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702)
• VAHB1775 2025By Richard Sullivan (D) · 2 cosponsors
  Divorce; adultery, filing, parties living separate and apart.

  AI summary Removes the requirement that a party prove another fault ground to avoid lessening spousal support obligations in a no-fault divorce, so support obligations can end more easily without proving fault.

  ↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentalimony
  =No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parentother
  Stage: ✕ Vetoed Apr 2, 2025: House sustained Governor's veto
• VAHB2678 2025By J.J. Singh (D)
  Title of purchase; judicial sale, application to divorce proceedings.

  AI summary Extends the time to appeal a judicial sale of property in divorce proceedings before the purchaser's title is disturbed, making it easier for parties in divorce cases to challenge such sales.

  =No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parentother
  Stage: Law Mar 24, 2025: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0574)
• VAHB2705 2025By James Leftwich (R)
  Child custody orders; transfer of custody to person with legitimate interest.

  AI summary Makes it easier for courts to transfer temporary or legal custody to a non-parent with a legitimate interest in child welfare cases by adding specific criteria and procedures for such transfers, notice and hearing rights for those custodians, and requirements for ongoing services and reviews, which,

  ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentcustody parenting time
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 4, 2025: Left in Courts of Justice
• VAHB2556 2025By Amanda Batten (R)
  Address Confidentiality Program; removal of Program participant, penalty.

  AI summary The bill states that participation in the Address Confidentiality Program shall not affect existing custody or visitation orders and shall not be considered as evidence for allocating parental responsibilities or parenting time (with an exception for practical confidentiality measures), so no change

  =No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parentcustody parenting time
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 4, 2025: Left in Appropriations
• VAHB1985 2025By Ian Lovejoy (R) · 4 cosponsors
  Child support orders; date of conception.

  AI summary Requires child support to be calculated retroactively from the date of conception rather than from the filing of the action (with due diligence in service), so more obligations and earlier payments for the paying parent.

  ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentchild support
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 4, 2025: Left in Courts of Justice
• VAHB890 2025By Mark Earley (R)
  Best interests of the child; assuring frequent and continuing contact with both parents.

  AI summary Creates a presumption of maximizing time with each parent and changes 'visitation' to 'parenting time' throughout, so more rights for the less-custodial parent.

  ↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentcustody parenting time
  ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentdomestic violence custody
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Nov 18, 2024: Left in Courts of Justice
• VAHB1481 2025By Nicholas Freitas (R)
  Grandparent; petition for visitation.

  AI summary Removes a provision that allowed a grandparent to introduce evidence of a deceased or incapacitated parent's consent to visitation in grandparent visitation cases, making it harder for grandparents to obtain visitation over a surviving parent's objection.

  ↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentother
  Stage: ✕ Died (session ended) Nov 18, 2024: Left in Courts of Justice

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