146.15, Emergency Jurisdiction. Very good overall, but wording needs care to avoid unintended results. 146.20 on information required to be submitted with every initial pleading. Because it allows an interstate abductor of children to keep the child's location and abduction history secret, and rewrites a concept that has worked well in the past, care must be taken with language. Legitimate ends can be served with tighter language.
Present system is easy and economical.
New one is just the opposite, and confuses enforcement procedures with subject-matter jurisdiction decisions. 146.9 on communication between judges. Va. Code Sec. Notice may also be by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the person to be served. The new Act attempts to defer to local procedures, but inadvertently repeals procedures currently in use.