§ 369. Review of Title IV-D Agency child support orders
(a) Every three years, all child support orders to which the Division is a party shall be subject to review, and if appropriate, adjustment, in accordance with a publicly available Review and Adjustment Plan established by the Division. The Review and Adjustment Plan shall take into account the best interests of children involved and shall […]
§ 370. Full faith and credit to paternity determinations
In establishing or enforcing any duty of support under this chapter, the court and the hearing officer shall give full faith and credit to all paternity determinations of any other state, territory of possession of the United States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, or foreign jurisdiction that has been declared to have enacted […]
§ 371. Virgin Islands child support case registry
(a) The Division is designated as the central “State Case Registry” of child support cases in the Virgin Islands. The Division shall use its automated child support enforcement system, known as VIPERS, or any comparable automated system in order to maintain records of: (1) All Title IV-D support orders processed by the Division; and (2) […]
§ 372. Virgin Islands child support disbursement unit
(a) The Division is designated as the central “State Disbursement Unit” for the collection and disbursement of all child support payments in the Virgin Islands. Effective on January 1, 1998, all child support obligations, and spousal support obligations ordered in conjunction with a child support obligation, whether established or modified by the Superior Court or […]
§ 373. Suspension of licenses
(a) In the event that a child support obligor either: (1) owes overdue child support in the amount of $2,500 or more; or (2) after receiving appropriate notice, fails to comply with subpoenas or warrants relating to paternity or child support proceedings; the Division may, on its own, if the child support action is processed […]
§ 374. Access to locator information from interstate networks
The Division, and any federal agency authorized to conduct Title IV-D child support enforcement activities, shall have access to any system used by any Virgin Islands government agency or entity to locate an individual for purposes relating to motor vehicles or law enforcement, including, but not limited to the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS) […]
§ 375. Recording of Social Security numbers for use in child support enforcement
In order to facilitate the location of, and enforcement actions against, child support obligors, Virgin Islands government agencies which issue the following licenses, or which maintain records concerning the following matters, shall develop appropriate policies and procedures to ensure that applications for such licenses, or records pertaining to such matters, contain the Social Security number […]
§ 376. Liens for child support arrearages
(a) In any case of child support, or spousal support ordered in connection with child support, enforced by the Division, in which overdue support is owed by the obligor who resides or owns property in the Virgin Islands, and notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a lien shall arise by operation of law against all […]
§ 377. Financial institution data matches
(a) The Division is hereby authorized and directed to enter into agreements with financial institutions doing business in the Virgin Islands to develop and operate, in coordination with such financial institutions, a data match system, using automated data exchanges to the maximum extent feasible, in which each such financial institution is required to provide, on […]
§ 378. New hire reporting
(a) An employer who hires or rehires an employee shall send the Department of Labor, not later than 20 days after the date the employer hires or rehires the employee, or on a semimonthly basis of not less than 12 days nor more than 16 days apart if reporting electronically or magnetically, the following information: […]