West Virginia Code
Chapter 48. Domestic Relations

§48-1-231. Individual Entitled to Support Enforcement Services Under the Provisions of This Chapter and the Provisions of Title IV-D of the Federal Social Security Act Defined - (a) "Individual entitled to support enforcement services under the provisions...

§48-1-232. Legal Parent Defined - "Legal parent" means an individual defined as a parent, by...

§48-1-233. Marital Property Defined - "Marital property" means: (1) All property and earnings acquired by...

§48-1-233.1. Mediation Defined - "Mediation" means a method of alternative dispute resolution in which...

§48-1-233.2. Mediator Defined - "Mediator" means a neutral third person who interposes between two...

§48-1-234. Obligee Defined - "Obligee" means: (1) An individual to whom a duty of...

§48-1-235. Obligor Defined - "Obligor" means an individual or the estate of a decedent:...

§48-1-235.1. Parent Defined - "Parent" means a legal parent as defined in section 1-232...

§48-1-235.2. Parenting Functions Defined - "Parenting functions" means tasks that serve the needs of the...

§48-1-235.3. Parenting Plan Defined - "Parenting plan" means a temporary parenting plan as defined in...

§48-1-235.4. Permanent Parenting Plan Defined - "Permanent parenting plan" means a plan for parenting a child...

§48-1-235.5. Rehabilitative Spousal Support Defined - "Rehabilitative spousal support" means spousal support payable for a specific...

§48-1-236. Secretary Defined - "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Health and...

§48-1-237. Separate Property Defined - "Separate property" means: (1) Property acquired by a person before...

§48-1-238. Separation Defined - "Separation" or "separation of the parties" means the uninterrupted separation...

§48-1-239. Shared Parenting Defined - (a) "Shared parenting" means either basic shared parenting or extended...

§48-1-239a. Shared Legal Custody Defined - "Shared legal custody" means a continued mutual responsibility and involvement...

§48-1-239b. Sole Legal Custody Defined - "Sole legal custody" means that one parent has the right...

§48-1-240. Source of Income Defined - "Source of income" means an employer or successor employer or...

§48-1-241. Split Physical Custody Defined - "Split physical custody" means a situation where there is more...

§48-1-241a. Shared Physical Custody Defined - "Shared physical custody" means a child has periods of residing...

§48-1-241b. Sole Physical Custody Defined - "Sole physical custody" means a child resides with and is...

§48-1-242. Spousal Support Defined - "Spousal support" means an allowance that a person may be...

§48-1-243. Spousal Support in Gross Defined - "Spousal support in gross" means spousal support payable either in...

§48-1-244. Support Defined - "Support" means the payment of money, including interest: (1) For...

§48-1-245. Support Order Defined - (a) For cases being enforced pursuant to Title IV-D of...

§48-1-246. Unreimbursed Health Care Expenses Defined - "Unreimbursed health care expenses" means the child's portion of health...

§48-1-247. Work-Related Child Care Costs Defined - "Work-related child care costs" shall mean the cost of child...

§48-1-301. Communications Between Clergy and Party - RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS. §48-1-301. Communications between clergy and party....

§48-1-302. Calculation of Interest - (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the code, if an...

§48-1-303. Confidentiality of Domestic Relations Court Files - §48-1-303. Confidentiality of domestic relations court files. (a) All orders...

§48-1-304. Proceedings in Contempt - (a) Upon a verified petition for contempt, notice of hearing...

§48-1-305. Suit Money, Counsel Fees and Costs - (a) Costs may be awarded to either party as justice...

§48-1-306. Proceeding for Release of Support Lien - If any person deem that his or her interest, or...

§48-1-307. Collection of Child or Spousal Support by Collection Agencies - (a) Any person attempting to collect a child or spousal...

Article 2. Marriages

§48-2-101. Necessity of Marriage License - §48-2-101. Necessity of marriage license. Every marriage in this state...

§48-2-102. Where an Application for a Marriage License May Be Made; When an Application May Be Received and a License Issued; Application by Mail - (a) Applicants, regardless of their state or county residency, may...

§48-2-103. Waiting Period Before Issuance of Marriage License; Issuance of License in Case of Emergency or Extraordinary Circumstances - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection(b) of this section,...

§48-2-104. Contents of the Application for a Marriage License - §48-2-104. Contents of the application for a marriage license. (a)...

§48-2-105. Execution of the Application for a Marriage License - Both female and male parties to a contemplated marriage are...

§48-2-106. Proof of Age - (a) At the time of the execution of the application,...

§48-2-107. Recording an Application for a Marriage License - The clerk of the county commission shall record the application...

§48-2-201. Form of Marriage License - §48-2-201. Form of marriage license. The marriage license shall be...

§48-2-202. Endorsement and Return of Licenses by Persons Solemnizing Marriage; Duties of Clerk Pertaining Thereto - (a) The person solemnizing a marriage shall retain the marriage...

§48-2-203. Register of Marriages - (a) The clerk of the county commission is required to...

§48-2-204. Record of Marriage Celebrated Outside of State - If at the time of celebrating any marriage out of...

§48-2-301. Age of Consent for Marriage; Exception - §48-2-301. Age of consent for marriage; exception. (a) The age...

§48-2-302. Prohibition Against Marriage of Persons Related Within Certain Degrees - (a) A man is prohibited from marrying his mother, grandmother,...

§48-2-303. Prohibition Against Marriage Not to Include Persons Related by Adoption - For the purpose of section 2-302, cousin or double cousin...

§48-2-401. Persons Authorized to Perform Marriages - §48-2-401. Persons authorized to perform marriages. A religious representative who...

§48-2-402. Qualifications of Religious Representative for Celebrating Marriages; Registry of Persons Authorized to Perform Marriage Ceremonies; Special Revenue Fund - (a) Beginning September 1, 2001, the Secretary of State shall,...

§48-2-403. Ritual for Ceremony of Marriage by a Religious Representative - A religious representative authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage...

§48-2-404. Ritual for Ceremony of Marriage by a Judge or Justice - The ritual for the ceremony of marriages by a family...

§48-2-405. Record of Marriage to Be Kept by Person Officiating - A record of each marriage performed, with the names of...

§48-2-406. Federal Judges Authorized to Perform Marriages - §48-2-406. Federal judges authorized to perform marriages. Notwithstanding any provision...

§48-2-501. Unlawful Acts by Clerk of the County Commission; Penalties - §48-2-501. Unlawful acts by clerk of the county commission; penalties....

§48-2-502. Issuing Marriage License Contrary to Law; Penalty - A clerk of the county commission who knowingly issues a...

§48-2-503. Consanguineous Marriage; Penalty - (a) If a person marries another who is within the...

§48-2-504. Failure to Endorse and Return License; Penalties - If a person who is authorized to celebrate marriages in...

§48-2-505. Unlawful Solicitation of a Celebration of Marriage - (a) It is unlawful for any religious representative in any...

§48-2-601. Belief of Parties in Lawful Marriage Validates Certain Defects - §48-2-601. Belief of parties in lawful marriage validates certain defects....

§48-2-602. Marriage Out of State to Evade Law - If a resident of this state marries in another state...

§48-2-603. Certain Acts, Records, and Proceedings Not to Be Given Effect in This State - A public act, record or judicial proceeding of any other...

§48-2-701. Premarital Education Encouraged; Requirements - §48-2-701. Premarital education encouraged; requirements. (a) Persons applying for a...

§48-2-702. Marriage Education Fund - (a) There is hereby created a special revenue account within...

Article 3. Property, Rights and Liabilities of Married Women; Husband and Wife

§48-3-101. Right to Sue to Annul or Affirm Marriage - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...

§48-3-102. Venue of Actions for Annulment or Affirmation - (a) If the respondent to an action for annulling or...

§48-3-103. Voidable Marriages - The following marriages are voidable and are void from the...

§48-3-104. Affirmation or Annulment of Marriage - If a marriage is supposed to be void, or voidable,...

§48-3-105. What Persons May Not Institute Annulment Action - An action for annulling a marriage may not be instituted:...

§48-3-106. Relief Ordered in Annulment - In an action for annulment, the court may order all...

§48-3-107. Modification of Order Granting Annulment - Upon the petition of either party, the court may revise...

Article 4. Separate Maintenance

§48-4-101. Where an Action for Separate Maintenance May Be Brought - An action for separate maintenance may be brought in the...

§48-4-102. Grounds for Separate Maintenance - Separate maintenance may be ordered: (1) If the party seeking...

§48-4-103. Award of Relief in Action for Separate Maintenance - (a) In an action for separate maintenance, the court may...

§48-4-104. Modification of Order Awarding Separate Maintenance - Upon the petition of either party, the court may revise...

Article 5. Divorce

§48-5-101. Absolute Divorce - §48-5-101. Absolute divorce. A divorce ordered in this state is...

§48-5-102. Subject Matter Jurisdiction - §48-5-102. Subject matter jurisdiction. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and...

§48-5-103. Jurisdiction of Parties; Service of Process - (a) In an action for divorce, it is immaterial where...

§48-5-104. Retention of Jurisdiction When Divorce Is Denied - If a divorce is denied, the court shall retain jurisdiction...

§48-5-105. Residency Requirements for Maintaining an Action for Divorce - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...

§48-5-106. Venue of Actions for Divorce - (a) If the respondent in an action for divorce is...

§48-5-107. Parties to a Divorce Action - (a) Either or both of the parties to a marriage...

§48-5-201. Grounds for Divorce; Irreconcilable Differences - §48-5-201. Grounds for divorce; irreconcilable differences. The court may order...

§48-5-202. Grounds for Divorce; Voluntary Separation - (a) A divorce may be ordered when the parties have...

§48-5-203. Grounds for Divorce; Cruel or Inhuman Treatment - (a) A divorce may be ordered for cruel or inhuman...

§48-5-204. Grounds for Divorce; Adultery - A divorce may be ordered for adultery. Adultery is the...

§48-5-205. Grounds for Divorce; Conviction of Crime - A divorce may be ordered when either of the parties...

§48-5-206. Grounds for Divorce; Permanent and Incurable Insanity - (a) A divorce may be ordered for permanent and incurable...

§48-5-207. Grounds for Divorce; Habitual Drunkenness or Drug Addiction - (a) A divorce may be ordered for habitual drunkenness of...

§48-5-208. Grounds for Divorce; Desertion - A divorce may be ordered to the party abandoned, when...

§48-5-209. Grounds for Divorce; Abuse or Neglect of a Child - (a) A divorce may be ordered for abuse or neglect...

§48-5-301. When a Divorce Not to Be Granted - §48-5-301. When a divorce not to be granted. No divorce...

§48-5-401. Verification of Pleadings - §48-5-401. Verification of pleadings. All pleadings in a divorce action...

§48-5-402. Petition for Divorce - §48-5-402. Petition for divorce. (a) An action for divorce is...

§48-5-403. Answer to Petition - (a) The responsive pleading to a petition for divorce is...

§48-5-404. Advance Filing of Divorce Petition in Actions Alleging Abandonment or Voluntary Separation - (a) At any time after the parties to a marriage...

§48-5-405. Amendments to Pleadings - Amendments to pleadings in an action for divorce are permitted...

§48-5-501. Relief That May Be Included in Temporary Order of Divorce - OF ACTION FOR DIVORCE. §48-5-501. Relief that may be included...

§48-5-502. Temporary Spousal Support - The court may require either party to pay temporary spousal...

§48-5-503. Temporary Parenting Order; Child Support - (a) The court shall enter a temporary parenting order in...

§48-5-504. Attorney's Fees and Court Costs - (a) The court may compel either party to pay attorney's...

§48-5-505. Costs of Health Care and Hospitalization - As an incident to requiring the payment of temporary spousal...

§48-5-506. Use and Occupancy of the Marital Home - (a) The court may grant the exclusive use and occupancy...

§48-5-507. Use and Possession of Motor Vehicles - (a) As an incident to requiring the payment of temporary...

§48-5-508. Preservation of the Properties of the Parties - (a) If the pleadings include a specific request for specific...

§48-5-509. Enjoining Abuse, Emergency Protective Order - (a) The court may enjoin the offending party from molesting...

§48-5-510. Consideration of Financial Factors in Ordering Temporary Relief - (a) In ordering temporary relief under the provisions of this...

§48-5-511. Disclosure of Assets - To facilitate the resolution of issues arising at a hearing...

§48-5-512. Ex Parte Orders Granting Temporary Relief - An ex parte order granting all or part of the...

§48-5-513. Granting of Ex Parte Relief - (a) Every ex parte order granted without notice must: (1)...

§48-5-514. Temporary Order Not Subject to Appeal or Review - An order granting temporary relief may not be the subject...

§48-5-601. Relief That May Be Included in Final Order of Divorce - §48-5-601. Relief that may be included in final order of...

§48-5-602. Court May Require Payment of Spousal Support - The court, in ordering a divorce may require either party...

§48-5-603. Relief Regarding Minor Child or Children - (a) If the action involves a minor child or children,...

§48-5-604. Use and Occupancy of Marital Home - §48-5-604. Use and occupancy of marital home. (a) The court...

§48-5-605. Use and Possession of Motor Vehicles - (a) The court may award the exclusive use and possession...

§48-5-606. Relief Regarding Costs of Health Care and Hospitalization - As an incident to requiring the payment of spousal support...

§48-5-607. Court May Order Transfer of Accounts for Recurring Expenses - The court may order either party to take necessary steps...

§48-5-608. Injunctive Relief or Protective Orders - (a) When allegations of abuse have been proved, the court...

§48-5-609. Court May Restore to Either Party His or Her Property - Upon ordering a divorce, the court has the power to...

§48-5-610. Court May Order Just and Equitable Distribution of Property - (a) When the pleadings include a specific request for specific...

§48-5-611. Suit Money, Counsel Fees and Costs - (a) Costs may be awarded to either party as justice...

§48-5-612. Court May Order a Party to Deliver Separate Property - Unless a contrary disposition is ordered pursuant to other provisions...

§48-5-613. Former Name of Party; Restoration - The court, upon ordering a divorce, shall if requested to...

§48-5-701. Revision of Order Concerning Spousal Support - §48-5-701. Revision of order concerning spousal support. After the entry...

§48-5-702. Revision of Order Enjoining Abuse - After entering an order enjoining abuse in accordance with the...

§48-5-703. Revision of Order Allocating Custodial Responsibility and Decision-Making Responsibility - After entering an order allocating custodial responsibility and decision-making responsibility...

§48-5-704. Revision of Order Establishing Child Support - (a) After entering an order establishing child support in accordance...

§48-5-705. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement May Seek Revision of Order Establishing Child Support - The Bureau for Child Support enforcement may review a child...

§48-5-706. Revision of Order Concerning Distribution of Marital Property - In modifying a final divorce order, the court may, when...

§48-5-707. Reduction or Termination of Spousal Support Because of De Facto Marriage - (a)(1) In the discretion of the court, an award of...

Article 5A. Collaborative Family Law Proceedings

§48-5A-101. Legislative Findings - The Legislature finds that parties to family law actions often...

§48-5A-102. Collaborative Law Generally; Requesting the Supreme Court to Study Collaborative Law Procedures for Possible Implementation in This State - (a) Collaborative law is a procedure in which parties who...

Article 6. Appendices

§48-6-101. Property Settlement or Separation Agreement Defined - §48-6-101. Property settlement or separation agreement defined. (a) "Property settlement...

§48-6-201. Effect of Separation Agreement - §48-6-201. Effect of separation agreement. (a) In cases where the...

§48-6-202. Agreement for Spousal Support Beyond the Death of the Payor - When a separation agreement is the basis for an award...

§48-6-203. Agreement for Spousal Support Beyond the Remarriage of the Payee - When a separation agreement is the basis for an award...

§48-6-301. Factors Considered in Awarding Spousal Support and Separate Maintenance - (a) In cases where the parties to an action commenced...

Article 7. Equitable Distribution of Property

§48-7-101. Equal Division of Marital Property - §48-7-101. Equal division of marital property. Except as otherwise provided...

§48-7-102. Division of Marital Property in Accordance With a Separation Agreement - In cases where the parties to an action commenced under...

§48-7-103. Division of Marital Property Without a Valid Agreement - In the absence of a valid agreement, the court shall...

§48-7-104. Determination of Worth of Marital Property - After considering the factors set forth in section 7-103, the...

§48-7-105. Transfers of Property to Achieve Equitable Distribution of Marital Property - In order to achieve the equitable distribution of marital property,...

§48-7-106. Findings; Rationale for Division of Property - In any order which divides or transfers the title to...

§48-7-107. Refusal to Transfer Property; Appointment of Special Commissioner - If an order entered in accordance with the provisions of...

§48-7-108. Interest or Title in Property Prior to Judicial Determination - As to any third party, the doctrine of equitable distribution...

§48-7-109. Tax Consequences of Transfer of Interest or Title - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter eleven of this code, no...

§48-7-110. Requiring Sums to Be Paid Out of Disposable Retired or Retainer Pay - Whenever under the terms of this article a court enters...

§48-7-111. No Equitable Distribution of Property Between Individuals Not Married to One Another - A court may not award spousal support or order equitable...

§48-7-112. Prospective Effect of Prior Amendments - The amendments to this section effected by the reenactment of...

§48-7-201. Required Disclosure and Updates - §48-7-201. Required disclosure and updates. In all divorce actions and...

§48-7-202. Assets That Are Required to Be Disclosed - The disclosure required by this part 2 may be made...

§48-7-203. Forms for Disclosure of Assets - §48-7-203. Forms for disclosure of assets. The Supreme Court of...

§48-7-204. Discovery Under Rules; Optional Disclosure of Tax Returns - Nothing contained in this part 2 shall be construed to...

§48-7-205. Confidentiality of Disclosed Information - Information disclosed under this part 2 is confidential and may...

§48-7-206. Failure to Disclose Required Financial Information - Any failure to timely or accurately disclose financial information required...

§48-7-301. Injunction to Prevent Removal or Disposition of Property - §48-7-301. Injunction to prevent removal or disposition of property. Where...

§48-7-302. Notice of Hearing for Injunction; Temporary Injunction - Any such injunction may be granted upon proper hearing after...

§48-7-303. Applicability of Injunction Procedures to Sale of Goods or Disposition of Major Business Assets - The procedures of this part 3 are not intended to...

§48-7-304. Setting Aside Encumbrance or Disposition of Property to Third Persons - Any encumbrance or disposition of property to third persons, except...

§48-7-401. Lis Pendens - §48-7-401. Lis pendens. Upon the commencement of an action under...

§48-7-402. Notice of Lis Pendens - The notice shall contain the names of the parties, the...

§48-7-501. Retroactive Effect of Amendments - TO EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION. §48-7-501. Retroactive effect of amendments. Amendments made...

Article 8. Spousal Support

§48-8-101. General Provisions Regarding Spousal Support - (a) An obligation that compels a person to pay spousal...

§48-8-102. Jurisdiction to Award Spousal Support - The family courts and circuit courts, as provided in this...

§48-8-103. Payment of Spousal Support - (a) Upon ordering a divorce or granting a decree of...

§48-8-104. Effect of Fault or Misconduct on Award of Spousal Support - In determining whether spousal support is to be awarded, or...

§48-8-105. Rehabilitative Spousal Support - (a) The court may award rehabilitative spousal support for a...

§48-8-106. Payments Out of Disposable Retired or Retainer Pay - Whenever the court enters an order requiring the payment of...

Article 9. Allocation of Custodial Responsibility and Decision-Making Responsibility of Children

§48-9-101. Scope of Article; Legislative Findings and Declarations - AND PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES. §48-9-101. Scope of article; legislative findings...

§48-9-102. Objectives; Best Interests of the Child - (a) The primary objective of this article is to serve...

§48-9-102a. Presumption in Favor of Equal (50-50) Custodial Allocation - There shall be a presumption, rebuttable by a preponderance of...

§48-9-103. Parties to an Action Under This Article - (a) Persons who have a right to be notified of...

§48-9-104. Parent Education Classes - AND PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES. §48-9-104. Parent education classes. (a) The...

§48-9-105. Venue for Custodial Allocation Actions Independent of Divorce - (a) Venue for the initial determination of custodial allocation or...

§48-9-201. Parenting Agreements - §48-9-201. Parenting agreements. (a) If the parents agree to one...

§48-9-202. Court-Ordered Services - §48-9-202. Court-ordered services. (a)(1) The court shall inform the parents,...

§48-9-203. Proposed Temporary Parenting Plan; Temporary Order; Amendment - (a) A parent seeking a temporary order relating to parenting...

§48-9-204. Criteria for Temporary Parenting Plan - (a) After considering the proposed temporary parenting plan filed pursuant...

§48-9-205. Permanent Parenting Plan - (a) A party seeking a judicial allocation of custodial responsibility...

§48-9-206. Allocation of Custodial Responsibility at Final Hearing - (a) Unless otherwise resolved by agreement of the parents under...

§48-9-207. Allocation of Significant Decision-Making Responsibility at Temporary or Final Hearing - (a) Unless otherwise resolved by agreement of the parents under...

§48-9-208. Parental Dispute Resolution - (a) If provisions for resolving parental disputes are not ordered...

§48-9-209. Parenting Plan; Considerations - When entering an order approving or implementing a temporary or...

§48-9-209a. Child Conceived as Result of Sexual Assault or Sexual Abuse by a Parent; Rights of a Biological Parent Convicted of Sexual Assault or Abuse; Post-Conviction Cohabitation; Rebuttable Presumption Upon Separation or Divorce - §48-9-209a. Child conceived as result of sexual assault or sexual...

§48-9-301. Court-Ordered Investigation - 48-9-301. Court-ordered investigation. (a) In its discretion, the court may...

§48-9-301a. Child Abuse Allegations - (a) If allegations of child abuse are made during a...

§48-9-302. Appointment of Guardian - (a) In its discretion, the court may appoint a guardian...

§48-9-303. Interview of the Child by the Court - The court, in its discretion, may interview the child in...

§48-9-401. Modification Upon Showing of Changed Circumstances or Harm - (a) Except as provided in 48-9-402 or 48-9-403 of this...

§48-9-402. Modification Without Showing of Changed Circumstances - (a) The court shall modify a parenting plan in accordance...

§48-9-403. Relocation of a Parent - 48-9-403. Relocation of a parent. (a) The relocation of a...

§48-9-501. Enforcement of Parenting Plans - §48-9-501. Enforcement of parenting plans. (a) If, upon a parental...

§48-9-601. Access to a Child S Records - 48-9-601. Access to a childs records. (a)(1) Each parent has...

§48-9-602. Designation of Custody for the Purpose of Other State and Federal Statutes - Solely for the purposes of all other state and federal...

§48-9-603. Effect of Enactment; Operative Dates - (a) The amendments to this chapter enacted during the 2022...

§48-9-604. Parent Education and Mediation Fund - There is hereby created in the state Treasury a special...

Article 10. Grandparent Visitation

§48-10-101. Legislative Findings - The Legislature finds that circumstances arise where it is appropriate...

§48-10-102. Legislative Intent - It is the express intent of the Legislature that the...

§48-10-201. Applicability of Definitions - §48-10-201. Applicability of definitions. For the purposes of this article...

§48-10-202. Child Defined - "Child" means a person under the age of eighteen years...

§48-10-203. Grandparent Defined - "Grandparent" means a biological grandparent, a person married or previously...

§48-10-301. Persons Who May Apply for Grandparent Visitation; Venue - A grandparent of a child residing in this state may,...

§48-10-401. Motion for Grandparent Visitation When Action for Divorce, Custody, Legal Separation, Annulment or Establishment of Paternity Is Pending - (a) The provisions of this section apply to any pending...

§48-10-402. Petition for Grandparent Visitation When Action for Divorce, Custody, Legal Separation, Annulment or Establishment of Paternity Is Not Pending - (a) The provisions of this section apply when no proceeding...

§48-10-403. Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem for the Child - When a motion or petition is filed seeking grandparent visitation,...

§48-10-501. Necessary Findings for Grant of Reasonable Visitation to a Grandparent - The circuit court or family court shall grant reasonable visitation...

§48-10-502. Factors to Be Considered in Making a Determination as to a Grant of Visitation to a Grandparent - In making a determination on a motion or petition the...

§48-10-601. Interview of Child in Chambers - §48-10-601. Interview of child in chambers. In considering the factors...

§48-10-602. Prohibitions on Use of Child's Written or Recorded Statement or Affidavit; Child Not to Be Called as a Witness - (a) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain from...

§48-10-701. Proof Required When Action Is Pending for Divorce, Custody, Legal Separation, Annulment or Establishment of Paternity - OF GRANDPARENT VISITATION. §48-10-701. Proof required when action is pending...

§48-10-702. Proof Required When Action Is Not Pending for Divorce, Custody, Legal Separation, Annulment or Establishment of Paternity - (a) If a petition is filed pursuant to section 10-402...

§48-10-801. Order Granting or Refusing Grandparent Visitation Must State Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - GRANDPARENT VISITATION. §48-10-801. Order granting or refusing grandparent visitation must...

§48-10-802. Grandparent Visitation Orders - In the courts discretion, an order granting visitation privileges to...

§48-10-803. Supervised Visitation; Conditions on Visitation - In the courts discretion, an order granting visitation privileges to...

§48-10-901. Effect of Remarriage of the Custodial Parent - The remarriage of the custodial parent of a child does...

§48-10-902. Effect of Adoption of the Child - If a child who is subject to a grandparent visitation...

§48-10-1001. Continuing Jurisdiction of Circuit Court or Family Court - Any circuit court or family court that grants visitation rights...

§48-10-1002. Termination of Grandparent Visitation - A circuit court or family court shall, based upon a...

§48-10-1101. Attorney's Fees; Reasonable Costs - In an action brought under the provisions of this article,...

§48-10-1201. Misdemeanor Offense for Allowing Contact Between Child and Person Who Has Been Precluded Visitation Rights; Penalties - §48-10-1201. Misdemeanor offense for allowing contact between child and person...

Article 11. Support of Children

§48-11-101. General Provisions Relating to Child Support - (a) It is one of the purposes of the Legislature...

§48-11-102. Required Information in Support Orders - (a) Any order which provides for the custody or support...

§48-11-103. Child Support Beyond Age Eighteen - (a) An order for child support shall provide that payments...

§48-11-104. Payments Out of Disposable Retired or Retainer Pay - Whenever under the terms of article 5-601, et seq., or...

§48-11-105. Modification of Child Support Order - (a) The court may modify a child support order, for...

§48-11-106. Expedited Process for Modification - (a) An expedited process for modification of a child support...

§48-11-106a. Modification of Support Order With the Assistance of Bureau for Child Support Enforcement - In addition to any other procedure which may exist by...

§48-11-107. Modification Resulting in Reduction and Overpayment of Support - In any proceeding filed after January 1, 2001, where a...

§48-11-108. Modification of Support Based on Military Service - (a) If a military parent is called to military service,...

§48-11-401. Modification Upon Showing of Changed Circumstances or Harm - §48-11-401. Modification upon showing of changed circumstances or harm. (a)...

§48-11-402. Modification Without Showing of Changed Circumstances - (a) The court shall modify a parenting plan in accordance...

§48-11-403. Relocation of a Parent - (a) The relocation of a parent constitutes a substantial change...

Article 12. Medical Support

§48-12-101. Definitions Applicable to Medical Support Enforcement - For the purposes of this article: (1) "Appropriate health insurance...

§48-12-102. Court-Ordered Medical Support - In every action to establish or modify an order which...

§48-12-103. Cost of Medical Support Considered in Applying Support Guidelines - The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement or the parties to...

§48-12-104. Use of National Medical Support Notice; Employer to Enroll Child and Withhold Premium - (a) All child support orders which include a provision for...

§48-12-105. Employer's Obligation to Transfer Notice to Appropriate Plan - Within twenty business days after the date of receipt of...

§48-12-106. Notice Requirements for Certain Newly-Hired Employees - In any case in which the parent is a newly...

§48-12-107. Notice Requirement Upon Termination of Parent - In any case in which the employment of the parent...

§48-12-108. Certain Liabilities of Parent for Contributions Under the Plan Subject to Enforcement; Exceptions - Any liability a parent may have for employee contributions required...

§48-12-109. Custodial Parent to Receive Coverage Information, Documents - Within forty business days after the date of the national...

§48-12-110. Employer, Union to Notify IV-D Agency Within Forty Days of Receipt of Notice - Within forty days of receipt of a national medical support...

§48-12-111. Employer's Duties Upon Service of National Medical Support Notice; Notice From Another State - (a) Upon service of the national medical support notice requiring...

§48-12-112. Employer's Duties Where Court-Ordered Coverage Available - (a) Where a parent is required by a court or...

§48-12-113. Signature of Custodian of Child Is Valid Authorization to Insurer; Insurer's Obligations - (a) The signature of the custodian for the child shall...

§48-12-114. Notice to Be Transferred on Parent's Change of Employment - Where an obligated parent changes employment and the new employer...

§48-12-115. Insurer to Notify Custodian When Obligated Parent's Employment Is Terminated or Coverage Is Denied, Modified or Terminated; Explanation of Conversion Privileges; Employer to Notify Bureau of Termination - When an order for insurance coverage for a child pursuant...

§48-12-116. Child Is Eligible for Coverage Until Emancipated; Remedies Available if Obligated Parent Fails to Provide Ordered Coverage; Failure to Maintain Coverage Is Basis for Modification of Support Order - (a) A child of an obligated parent shall remain eligible...

§48-12-117. Mandatory Date for Use of the National Medical Support Notice - Provisions of this article which require the use of the...

§48-12-118. Failure of Employer to Comply With Medical Insurance Coverage; Penalties - For the failure of any employer, multiemployer trust or employee's...

Article 13. Guidelines for Child Support Awards

§48-13-101. Guidelines to Ensure Uniformity and Increase Predictability; Presumption of Correctness - §48-13-101. Guidelines to ensure uniformity and increase predictability; presumption of...

§48-13-102. Right of Children to Share in Parents' Level of Living - The Legislature recognizes that children have a right to share...

§48-13-103. Financial Contributions of Both Parents to Be Considered - The guidelines promulgated under the provisions of this article take...

§48-13-201. Use of Both Parents' Income in Determining Child Support - §48-13-201. Use of both parents' income in determining child support....

§48-13-202. Application of Expenses and Credits in Determining Child Support - §48-13-202. Application of expenses and credits in determining child support....

§48-13-203. Amount Determined by Guidelines Presumed to Be Correct - The amount of support resulting from the application of the...

§48-13-204. Use of Worksheets - The calculation of the amount awarded by the support order...

§48-13-205. Present Income as Monthly Amounts - To the extent practicable, all information relating to income shall...

§48-13-301. Determining the Basic Child Support Obligation - §48-13-301. Determining the basic child support obligation. The basic child...

§48-13-302. Incomes Below the Table for Determining Basic Child Support Obligations - If combined adjusted gross income is below $550 per month,...

§48-13-303. Incomes Above the Table for Determining Basic Child Support Obligations - If combined adjusted gross income is above $15,000 per month,...

§48-13-401. Basic Child Support Obligation in Basic Shared Parenting - §48-13-401. Basic child support obligation in basic shared parenting. For...

§48-13-402. Division of Basic Child Support Obligation in Basic Shared Parenting - For basic shared parenting cases, the total basic child support...

§48-13-403. Worksheet for Calculating Basic Child Support Obligation in Basic Shared Parenting Cases - Child support for basic shared parenting cases shall be calculated...

§48-13-404. Additional Calculation to Be Made in Basic Shared Parenting Cases - In cases where the payor parent's adjusted gross income is...

§48-13-501. Extended Shared Parenting Adjustment - OR SPLIT PHYSICAL CUSTODY CASES. §48-13-501. Extended shared parenting adjustment....

§48-13-502. Extended Shared Parenting Worksheet - Child support for extended shared parenting cases shall be calculated...

§48-13-503. Split Physical Custody Adjustment - In cases with split physical custody, the court shall use...

§48-13-601. Adjustment for Child Care Tax Credit - §48-13-601. Adjustment for child care tax credit. (a) The amount...

§48-13-602. Adjustment for Child Health Care - (a) A child support order shall provide for the child's...

§48-13-603. Adjustment for Obligor's Social Security Benefits Sent Directly to the Child; Receipt by Child of Supplemental Security Income - (a) If a proportion of the obligor's social security benefit...

§48-13-701. Rebuttable Presumption That Child Support Award Is Correct - §48-13-701. Rebuttable presumption that child support award is correct. The...

§48-13-702. Disregard of Formula - (a) If the court finds that the guidelines are inappropriate...

§48-13-703. Restructuring of Payments Upon Release of Inmate - Upon his or her release from the custody of the...

§48-13-801. Tax Exemption for Child Due Support - §48-13-801. Tax exemption for child due support. Unless otherwise agreed...

§48-13-802. Investment of Child Support - (a) The court has the discretion, in appropriate cases, to...

§48-13-803. Reimbursement or Arrearage Only Support - When the payor is not paying any current support obligation...

§48-13-804. Default Orders - (a) In any proceeding in which support is to be...

Article 14. Remedies for the Enforcement of Support Obligations

§48-14-101. When Action May Be Brought for Child Support Order - SUPPORT OF MINOR CHILD. §48-14-101. When action may be brought...

§48-14-102. Who May Bring Action for Child Support Order - An action may be brought under the provisions of section...

§48-14-103. Venue for Action for Child Support Order - An action under the provisions of this section may be...

§48-14-104. Obligee May Seek Spousal Support in Addition to Child Support - When an action for child support is brought under the...

§48-14-105. Mandatory Provision for Wage Withholding - Every order of support heretofore or hereafter entered or modified...

§48-14-106.Modification. Of Support Order - (a) At any time after the entry of an order...

§48-14-107. Modification of Support Order With the Assistance of Bureau for Child Support Enforcement - In addition to any other procedure which may exist by...

§48-14-108. Deceased Parties in Support Cases - (a) In the event of the death of any party...

§48-14-201. Arrearages Stand by Operation of Law as Judgment Against Support Obligor - FOR OVERDUE SUPPORT. §48-14-201. Arrearages stand by operation of law...

§48-14-202. Registration of Foreign Order - If the duty of support is based upon an order...

§48-14-203. Affidavit of Accrued Support - (a) The affidavit of accrued support may be filed with...

§48-14-204. Execution and Notice - PROPERTY FOR OVERDUE SUPPORT. §48-14-204. Execution and notice. (a) Upon...

§48-14-205. Circuit Clerk to Provide Form Affidavits - The clerk of the circuit court shall make available form...

§48-14-206. Priority Over Other Legal Process - Writs of execution, suggestions or suggestee executions issued pursuant to...

§48-14-207. Amount to Be Withheld From Income - Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary,...

§48-14-208. Filing of False Affidavit Constitutes False Swearing - A person who files a false affidavit is guilty of...

§48-14-209. Application to Support Orders of Another State - The provisions of this article apply to support orders issued...

§48-14-210. Application to Income Withholding - The provisions of this article do not apply to income...

§48-14-211. Release of Lien - Upon satisfaction of the overdue support obligation, the obligee shall...

§48-14-301. Liens Against Real Property by Operation of Law - FOR OVERDUE SUPPORT. §48-14-301. Liens against real property by operation...

§48-14-302. Affidavit of Accrued Support - The affidavit and abstract as provided in section four, article...

§48-14-303. Registration of Foreign Order - If the duty of support is based upon a foreign...

§48-14-304. Full Faith and Credit to Liens Arising in Another State - This state will accord full faith and credit to liens...

§48-14-305. Release of Lien - Upon satisfaction of the overdue support obligation, the obligee shall...

§48-14-306. Filing of False Affidavit Constitutes False Swearing - Any person who files a false affidavit shall be guilty...

§48-14-307. Application to Support Orders of Another State - The provisions of this part 14-301, et seq., shall apply...

§48-14-308. Enforcement by the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement of Lien on Real Property - The Bureau for Child Support enforcement may enforce a lien...

§48-14-401. Support Orders to Provide for Withholding From Income - §48-14-401. Support orders to provide for withholding from income. (a)...

§48-14-402. Commencement of Withholding From Income Without Further Court Action - AMOUNTS PAYABLE AS SUPPORT. §48-14-402. Commencement of withholding from income...

§48-14-403. Exception to Requirement for Automatic Withholding From Income - If one of the parties demonstrates, and the court finds,...

§48-14-404. Enforcement of Withholding by Bureau for Child Support Enforcement - The withholding from an obligor's income of amounts payable as...

§48-14-405. Information Required in Notice to Obligor - When income withholding is required, the Bureau for Child Support...

§48-14-406. Notice to Source of Income; Withholding in Compliance With Order - (a) Withholding shall occur and the notice to withhold shall...

§48-14-407. Contents of Notice to Source of Income - (a) The source of income of any obligor who is...

§48-14-408. Determination of Amounts to Be Withheld - Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary...

§48-14-409. Time for Implementing Withholding - Every source of income who receives a notice of withholding...

§48-14-410. Sending Amounts Withheld to Bureau; Notice - After implementation in accordance with the provisions of section 14-409,...

§48-14-411. Time Withholding Is to Stay in Effect - Withholding of amounts payable as support under the provisions of...

§48-14-412. Notice of Termination of Employment or Receipt of Income - A source of income who employs or otherwise pays income...

§48-14-413. Combining Withheld Amounts - When an employer has more than one employee who is...

§48-14-414. Sending Amounts Withheld to Division; Notice - A source of income is liable to an obligee, including...

§48-14-415. Misdemeanor Offense of Concealing Payment of Income to Obligor; Penalty - Any source of income who knowingly and willfully conceals the...

§48-14-416. Request to Source of Income for Information Regarding Payment of Income - When the Bureau for Child Support enforcement makes a written...

§48-14-417. Priority of Support Collection Over Other Legal Process - Support collection under the provisions of this section shall have...

§48-14-418. Misdemeanor Offense for Source of Income's Action Against an Obligor; Penalty - Any source of income who discharges from employment, refuses to...

§48-14-501. Commencement of Contempt Action - BY CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS. §48-14-501. Commencement of contempt action. In addition...

§48-14-502. Willful Failure or Refusal to Comply With Order to Pay Support - If the court finds that the obligor willfully failed or...

§48-14-503. Limitation on Length of Commitment - (a) In a commitment under subdivision (5) of section 14-502...

§48-14-504. Violation of Work Release Conditions - If an obligor is committed to jail under the provisions...

§48-14-505. Misdemeanor Offense of Escape From Custody; Penalty - If a person is committed to jail under the provisions...

§48-14-601. Definitions - OF CHILD SUPPORT IN INTERSTATE CASES. §48-14-601. Definitions. As used...

§48-14-602. Use of Automated Administrative Enforcement - The Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall use automated administrative...

§48-14-603. Enforcing Support Orders Through Automated Administrative Enforcement - (a) The Bureau for Child Support enforcement may, by electronic...

§48-14-701. Posting of Bonds or Giving Security to Guarantee Payment of Overdue Support - An obligor with a pattern of overdue support may be...

§48-14-801. When Monthly Payments May Be Increased to Satisfy Overdue Support - (a) For the purpose of securing overdue support, the Bureau...

§48-14-802. Notice of Increase in Monthly Payments to Satisfy Overdue Support - §48-14-802. Notice of increase in monthly payments to satisfy overdue...

§48-14-803. Application to Support Orders of Courts of Competent Jurisdiction - The provisions of sections 14-801 and 14-802 apply to support...

§48-14-901. Procedure When Person Contests Action Proposed to Be Taken Against Him - BUREAU FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. §48-14-901. Procedure when person contests...

§48-14-1001. Misrepresentation of Delinquent Support Payments; Penalty - §48-14-1001. Misrepresentation of delinquent support payments; penalty. If any person...

Article 15. Enforcement of Support Order Through Action Against License

§48-15-101. Applicability of Definitions - §48-15-101. Applicability of definitions. For purposes of this article, the...

§48-15-102. Action Against a License Defined - "Action against a license" means action taken by the Bureau...

§48-15-103. Application Defined - "Application" means a request to have a license issued, a...

§48-15-104. License Defined - "License" means a license, permit, certificate of registration, registration, credential,...

§48-15-201. Licenses Subject to Action - §48-15-201. Licenses subject to action. The following licenses are subject...

§48-15-202. Persons Subject to Notice of Action Against License - The Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall send a written...

§48-15-203. Exhaustion of Other Statutory Enforcement Methods - In the case of overdue child support or noncompliance with...

§48-15-204. Service of Notice of Action Against a License - The bureau shall send a notice of action against a...

§48-15-205. Form of Notice of Action Against a License - §48-15-205. Form of notice of action against a license. The...

§48-15-206. Notice of Consequences of Failure to Comply - The notice shall advise the person that further failure to...

§48-15-207. Failure to Act in Response to Notice; Entry of Order - If the person fails to take one of the actions...

§48-15-208. Request and Petition for Hearing - If the person requests a hearing, the Bureau for Child...

§48-15-209. Hearing on Denial, Nonrenewal, Suspension or Restriction of License - (a) The court shall order a licensing authority to deny,...

§48-15-301. Copy of Order Provided to Licensing Authority - BY LICENSING AUTHORITY. §48-15-301. Copy of order provided to licensing...

§48-15-302. Denial, Nonrenewal, Suspension or Restriction Continues Until Further Order or Issuance of Certificate of Compliance - The denial, nonrenewal, suspension or restriction of a license ordered...

§48-15-303. License Applicant to Certify Information Regarding Child Support Obligation - (a) Each licensing authority shall require license applicants to certify...

§48-15-304. Procedure Where License to Practice Law May Be Subject to Denial, Suspension or Restriction - If a person who has been admitted to the practice...

§48-15-401. Application of Article - §48-15-401. Application of article. The provisions of this article apply...

§48-15-402. Effect of Determination as to Authority of Federal Government to Require Denials, Suspensions or Restrictions of Licenses - The provisions of this article have been enacted to conform...

Article 16. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

§48-16-101. Short Title - §48-16-101. Short title. This article may be cited as the...

§48-16-102. Definitions - §48-16-102. Definitions. As used in this article: (1) "Child" means...

§48-16-103. State Tribunal and Support Enforcement Agency - (a) The family court is the tribunal of this state....

§48-16-104. Remedies Cumulative - (a) Remedies provided by this article are cumulative and do...

§48-16-105. Application of Article to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding - (a) A tribunal of this state shall apply parts I...

§48-16-201. Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident - §48-16-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (a) In a proceeding...

§48-16-202. Duration of Personal Jurisdiction - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in...

§48-16-203. Initiating and Responding Tribunal of State - Under this article, a tribunal of this state may serve...

§48-16-204. Simultaneous Proceedings - (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to...

§48-16-205. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order - (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a...

§48-16-206. Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child Support Order - (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a...

§48-16-207. Determination of Controlling Child Support Order - (a) If a proceeding is brought under this article and...

§48-16-208. Child Support Orders for Two or More Obligees - In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two...

§48-16-209. Credit for Payments - A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for...

§48-16-210. Application of Article to Nonresident Subject to Personal Jurisdiction - A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a...

§48-16-211. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal Support Order - (a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support...

§48-16-301. Proceeding Under Article - §48-16-301. Proceeding under article. (a) Except as otherwise provided in...

§48-16-302. Proceeding by Minor Parent - A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative...

§48-16-303. Application of Law of State - Except as otherwise provided in this article, a responding tribunal...

§48-16-304. Duties of Initiating Tribunal - (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this...

§48-16-305. Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal - (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a...

§48-16-306. Inappropriate Tribunal - If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an...

§48-16-307. Duties of Support Enforcement Agency - (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request,...

§48-16-309. Private Counsel - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...

§48-16-310. Duties of State Information Agency - (a) The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement is the state...

§48-16-311. Pleadings and Accompanying Documents - (a) In a proceeding under this article, a petitioner seeking...

§48-16-312. Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances - If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading...

§48-16-313. Costs and Fees - (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a...

§48-16-314.Limited. Immunity of Petitioner - (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this...

§48-16-315. Nonparentage as Defense - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...

§48-16-316. Special Rules of Evidence and Procedure - (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is...

§48-16-317. Communications Between Tribunals - A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal...

§48-16-318. Assistance With Discovery - A tribunal of this state may: (1) Request a tribunal...

§48-16-319. Receipt and Disbursement of Payments - (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state...

§48-16-401. Petition to Establish Support Order - §48-16-401. PETITION TO ESTABLISH SUPPORT ORDER. (a) If a support...

§48-16-402. Proceeding to Determine Parentage - A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of...

§48-16-501. Employer's Receipt of Income Withholding Order of Another State - §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 - (a) Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the obligor's...

§48-16-503. Employer's Compliance With Two or More Income Withholding Orders - If an obligor's employer receives two or more income withholding...

§48-16-504. Immunity From Civil Liability - An employer that complies with an income withholding order issued...

§48-16-505. Penalties for Noncompliance - An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income...

§48-16-506. Contest by Obligor - (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of...

§48-16-507. Administrative Enforcement of Orders - (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce...

§48-16-601. Registration of Order for Enforcement - §48-16-601. Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or...

§48-16-602. Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement - (a) Except as provided in section 706 [§48-16-706], a support...

§48-16-603. Effect of Registration for Enforcement - (a) A support order or income withholding order issued in...

§48-16-604. Choice of Law - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this...

§48-16-605. Notice of Registration of Order - (a) When a support order or income withholding order issued...

§48-16-606. Procedure to Contest Validity or Enforcement of Registered Support Order - (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or...

§48-16-607. Contest of Registration or Enforcement - (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a...

§48-16-608. Confirmed Order - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...

§48-16-609. Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify or...

§48-16-610. Effect of Registration for Modification - A tribunal of this state may enforce a child support...

§48-16-611. Modification of Child Support Order of Another State - (a) If section 613 [§48-16-613] does not apply, upon petition...

§48-16-612. Recognition of Order Modified in Another State - If a child support order issued by a tribunal of...

§48-16-613. Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order of Another State When Individual Parties Reside in This State - (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside...

§48-16-614. Notice to Issuing Tribunal of Modification - Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child support...

§48-16-615. Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order of Foreign Country - (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 711 [§48-16-711], if...

§48-16-616. Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Foreign Country for Modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...

§48-16-701. Definitions - §48-16-701. Definitions. In this part: (1) "Application" means a request...

§48-16-702. Applicability - This article applies only to a support proceeding under the...

§48-16-703. Relationship of Bureau for Child Support Enforcement to United States Central Authority - The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement of this state is...

§48-16-704. Initiation by Bureau for Child Support Enforcement Proceeding Under Convention - (a) In a support proceeding under this article, the Bureau...

§48-16-705. Direct Request - (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment...

§48-16-706. Registration of Convention Support Order - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a party...

§48-16-707. Contest of Registered Convention Support Order - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, sections 605...

§48-16-708. Recognition and Enforcement of Registered Convention Support Order - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...

§48-16-709. Partial Enforcement - If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and...

§48-16-710. Foreign Support Agreement - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d)...

§48-16-711. Modification of Convention Child Support Order - (a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a...

§48-16-712. Personal Information: Limit on Use - Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be...

§48-16-713. Record Original Language: English Translation - A record filed with a tribunal of this state under...

§48-16-801. Grounds for Rendition - §48-16-801. Grounds for rendition. (a) For purposes of this article,...

§48-16-802. Conditions of Rendition - (a) Before making a demand that the Governor of another...

§48-16-901. Uniformity of Application and Construction - §48-16-901. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing...

§48-16-902. Transitional Provision - §48-16-902. Transitional provision. This article applies to proceedings begun on...

§48-16-903. Severability - If any provision of this article or its application to...

Article 17. West Virginia Support Enforcement Commission

§48-17-101. Creation of Support Enforcement Commission; Number of Members - The West Virginia Support Enforcement Commission, consisting of nine members,...

§48-17-102. Appointment of Members of Support Enforcement Commission; Qualifications and Eligibility - (a) Of the nine members of the commission, seven members...

§48-17-103. Terms of Commission Members; Conditions of Membership - (a) Beginning June 1, 2008, and every four years thereafter,...

§48-17-104. Oath - Before entering upon the discharge of the duties as commissioner,...

§48-17-105. Commission Chairman - The Commissioner of the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement shall...

§48-17-106. Compensation of Members; Reimbursement for Expenses - (a) Each voting member of the commission shall receive $100...

§48-17-107. Meeting Requirements - (a) The commission shall meet at least twice during the...

§48-17-108. Removal of Commission Members - Notwithstanding the provisions of section four, article six, chapter six...

§48-17-109. General Duties of Support Enforcement Commission - (a) Federal law requires that each state periodically review the...

Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement

§48-18-101. Establishment of the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement; Cooperation With the Division of Human Services - (a) Effective July 1, 1995, there is hereby established in...

§48-18-102. Appointment of Commissioner; Duties; Compensation - (a) There is hereby created the position of commissioner. The...

§48-18-103. Organization and Employees - (a) The Commissioner shall organize the work of the Bureau...

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West Virginia Code Chapter 48. Domestic Relations

West Virginia Code
Chapter 48. Domestic Relations