Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

That language is inserted in PSA agreements to give each party an alternative way of enforcing compliance with the terms of the agreement. Any agreement can be enforced in a breach of contract action, which is a separate lawsuit to compel compliance with its terms. But by making a PSA a part of a divorce action and ordering the parties to comply with the PSA, a non-complying party can be brought back to the divorce court and required to show cause why he or she should not be held in contempt for failing to comply; that exposes the nonconforming party to being found in contempt of court, and for contempt the court has to power to enforce through incarceration of the wrongdoer.

Of course, like any written contract, changes to the contract can be made before or after it is incorporated in a divorce order, whether by agreement of the parties or by order of a court upon application of one of the parties.