§48-16-301. Proceeding under article.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, this part applies to all proceedings under this article.
(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this article by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 48. Domestic Relations
Article 16. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
§48-16-103. State Tribunal and Support Enforcement Agency
§48-16-104. Remedies Cumulative
§48-16-105. Application of Article to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding
§48-16-201. Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident
§48-16-202. Duration of Personal Jurisdiction
§48-16-203. Initiating and Responding Tribunal of State
§48-16-204. Simultaneous Proceedings
§48-16-205. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order
§48-16-206. Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child Support Order
§48-16-207. Determination of Controlling Child Support Order
§48-16-208. Child Support Orders for Two or More Obligees
§48-16-209. Credit for Payments
§48-16-210. Application of Article to Nonresident Subject to Personal Jurisdiction
§48-16-211. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal Support Order
§48-16-301. Proceeding Under Article
§48-16-302. Proceeding by Minor Parent
§48-16-303. Application of Law of State
§48-16-304. Duties of Initiating Tribunal
§48-16-305. Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal
§48-16-306. Inappropriate Tribunal
§48-16-307. Duties of Support Enforcement Agency
§48-16-310. Duties of State Information Agency
§48-16-311. Pleadings and Accompanying Documents
§48-16-312. Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances
§48-16-314.Limited. Immunity of Petitioner
§48-16-315. Nonparentage as Defense
§48-16-316. Special Rules of Evidence and Procedure
§48-16-317. Communications Between Tribunals
§48-16-318. Assistance With Discovery
§48-16-319. Receipt and Disbursement of Payments
§48-16-401. Petition to Establish Support Order
§48-16-402. Proceeding to Determine Parentage
§48-16-501. Employer's Receipt of Income Withholding Order of Another State
§48-16-502. Employer's Compliance With Income Withholding Order of Another State
§48-16-503. Employer's Compliance With Two or More Income Withholding Orders
§48-16-504. Immunity From Civil Liability
§48-16-505. Penalties for Noncompliance
§48-16-506. Contest by Obligor
§48-16-507. Administrative Enforcement of Orders
§48-16-601. Registration of Order for Enforcement
§48-16-602. Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement
§48-16-603. Effect of Registration for Enforcement
§48-16-605. Notice of Registration of Order
§48-16-606. Procedure to Contest Validity or Enforcement of Registered Support Order
§48-16-607. Contest of Registration or Enforcement
§48-16-609. Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification
§48-16-610. Effect of Registration for Modification
§48-16-611. Modification of Child Support Order of Another State
§48-16-612. Recognition of Order Modified in Another State
§48-16-614. Notice to Issuing Tribunal of Modification
§48-16-615. Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order of Foreign Country
§48-16-616. Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Foreign Country for Modification
§48-16-703. Relationship of Bureau for Child Support Enforcement to United States Central Authority
§48-16-704. Initiation by Bureau for Child Support Enforcement Proceeding Under Convention
§48-16-706. Registration of Convention Support Order
§48-16-707. Contest of Registered Convention Support Order
§48-16-708. Recognition and Enforcement of Registered Convention Support Order
§48-16-709. Partial Enforcement
§48-16-710. Foreign Support Agreement
§48-16-711. Modification of Convention Child Support Order
§48-16-712. Personal Information: Limit on Use
§48-16-713. Record Original Language: English Translation
§48-16-801. Grounds for Rendition
§48-16-802. Conditions of Rendition
§48-16-901. Uniformity of Application and Construction