The Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement, ex rel. Father and his two daughters reside in and formerly received public assistance from the State of New Hampshire.
Mother resides in Virginia.
The Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for Isle of Wight County entered an order requiring mother to pay child support. That order was not appealed. The Commissioner of the Department of Social Services administratively ordered mother to reimburse New Hampshire for the public assistance paid to father. Mother appealed the administrative order to the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the City of Norfolk, which vacated the administrative order. DSS appealed that decision to the Circuit Court for the City of Norfolk, and the circuit court also vacated the administrative order.