(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 […]
(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 […]
(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, […]
Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.
