W. Va. Code § 48-16-704

Initiation by Bureau for Child Support Enforcement proceeding under convention.

  1. (a) In a support proceeding under this article, the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement of this state shall:

    1. (1) Transmit and receive applications; and
    2. (2) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.
  2. (b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee or under the convention:

    1. (1) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;
    2. (2) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;
    3. (3) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
    4. (4) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 708(b)(2) [§48-16-708(b)(2)], (4) [§48-16-708(b)(4)], or (9) [§48-16-708(b)(9).
    5. (5) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
    6. (6) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
  3. (c) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order;

    1. (1) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;
    2. (2) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and
    3. (3) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
  4. (d) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.
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