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1 When Does a Protective Order become Effective?
2 What about Child Support?
3 What Must I Bring to Court for a Child Support Hearing ?
4 What about Support for Me?
5 What Must I Bring to a Hearing about Support for Me?
6 What if There's a Problem with the Child or Spousal Support that Was Ordered?
7 How Can I Prepare for the Hearing?
8 Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court - How can it help me?
9 Court Service Unit - How can it help me?
10 Clerk's Office - What information do I need to provide?
11 Clerk's Office - Why won't they answer my questions?
12 Court Hearings - Confidentiality
13 Court Hearings - Who is entitled to notice?
14 Custody - Deciding custody - What is the Court's primary consideration?
15 Custody - Joint Custody - What is it?
16 Custody - Sole Custody - What is it?
17 Custody - Family or Household member - Who qualifies?
18 Custody - Person with legitimate interest - Who qualifies?
19 Custody - How do I register my custody order in Virginia?
20 Custody - What is the benefit of registering an out of state custody order in Virginia?
21 Custody and Visitation, Support, Adult Protective Order - Where do I start?
22 Custody and Visitation Case - What information do I provide to the judge?
23 Existing Court Order - How do I change it?
24 FOCUS Program - What is it?
25 My first court appearance - What happens?
26 Support - Child or Spousal Support Case - What information should I bring to Court?
27 Support order - Enforcing Support Orders - How do I register my support order from the state where we were divorced?
28 Support Order - Enforcing Support Orders - What can I do to be paid if the respondent is not paying the child support?
29 Support Order - Enforcing Support Orders - What can I do to be paid if my child's father resides in another state?
30 How Do I File for Child Custody, Visitation and Support?
31 How is a Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Date Scheduled?
32 How is the Amount of Child Support Calculated
33 How do I File a Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Petition
34 WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT BRING TO COURT?
35 Where can a petitioner file a Family Abuse Protective Order (PO)?
36 What information should the petitioner bring with them to file the PO?
37 How do I contact the Court for more information?