(a) When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the clerk of the court shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.
(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
(1) That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;
(2) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty days after notice unless the registered order is under section 707 [§48-16-707];
(3) That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and
(4) Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
(c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:
(1) Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;
(2) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;
(3) State that the procedures provided in subsection (b) of this section apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and
(4) State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.
(d) Upon registration of an income withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's source of income pursuant to section 14-401 et seq. [§48-14-401 et seq.], of this chapter.
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