§ 436. Notice of registration of order
(a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of the Virgin Islands 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 […]
§ 437. Procedure to contest validity of enforcement of registered support order
(a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered support order in the Virgin Islands shall request a hearing within the time required by section 436(b)(2). The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of noncompliance with the registered order, or to […]
§ 438. Contest of registration or enforcement
(a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses: (1) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party; (2) the order was obtained by fraud; (3) the order has; been vacated, […]
§ 429. Penalties for noncompliance
An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of the Virgin Islands.
§ 430. Context by obligor
(a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in the Virgin Islands by registering the order in a tribunal of the Virgin Islands and filing a contest to that order as provided in Article F, or otherwise contesting the order […]
§ 431. Administrative enforcement orders
(a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of the Virgin Islands. (b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement […]
§ 432. Registration of order of enforcement
A support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in the Virgin Islands for enforcement.
§ 433. Procedure to register order for enforcement
(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 446e, a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in the Virgin Islands by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in the Virgin Islands: (1) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement; (2) […]
§ 427. Employer’s compliance with two or more income withholding orders
If an obligor’s employer receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for […]
§ 428. Immunity from civil liability
An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this article is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer’s withholding of child support from the obligor’s income.