2019 U.S. Virgin Islands Code
Title 16 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 13 - Support of Relations
Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act
Article E - Enforcement of the Order of Another State Without Registration
§ 430. Context by obligor

Universal Citation:
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 430 (2019)
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  • (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 in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of the Virgin Islands.

  • (b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:

    • (1) a support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;

    • (2) each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and

    • (3) the person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.

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