CHAPTER 273

An Act to amend and reenact § 20-113 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to procedures when respondents fail to perform certain orders of

support.
(S 133]
Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

a That § 20-113 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 20-113. The court, when it finds the respondent has failed to per-
form the order of the court concerning the support of the child or payment
of alimony, or under then existing circumstances is under the duty to
render support or additional support to the child or to pay alimony, may
proceed to deal with the respondent as provided in §§ 20-114 and 20-115,
or it may revise and alter its decree as to the child or payment of alimony,
and grant leave to the petitioner to proceed in the appropriate juvenile
and domestic relations court in conformity with any applicable law.

When the petitioner has been granted leave to proceed in a juvenile
and domestic relations court all proceedings thereafter shall conform to
the provisions of chapter 5 (§ 20-61 et seq.) of this title.