Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3134%20intr.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=3134
Timestamp: 2018-04-23 16:29:36
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A BILL to amend and reenact §48-1-204, §48-1-244 and §48-1-302 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §48-14-408 and §48-14-410 of said code; and to amend and reenact §48-24-106 of said code, all relating to child support enforcement; lowering the accrued interest rate; requiring employers provide information to the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement; and making various technical corrections.
That §48-1-204, §48-1-244 and §48-1-302 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; that §48-14-408 and §48-14-410 of said code be amended and reenacted; and that §48-24-106 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
“Arrearages” or “past due support” means the total of any matured, unpaid installments of child support required to be paid by an order entered or modified by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by the order of a magistrate court of this state, and shall stand, by operation of law, as a decretal judgment against the obligor owing such support. The amount of unpaid support shall bear interest from the date it accrued, at a rate of ten dollars upon one hundred dollars five percent per annum, and proportionately for a greater or lesser sum, or for a longer or shorter time. Except as provided in rule 23 of rules of practice and procedure for family law and as provided in section 1-302, a child support order may not be retroactively modified so as to cancel or alter accrued installments of support.
“Support” means the payment of money, including interest:
(1) For a child or spouse, ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, whether the payment is ordered in an emergency, temporary, permanent or modified order, the amount of unpaid support shall bear simple interest from the date it accrued, at a rate of ten dollars upon one hundred dollars five percent per annum, and proportionately for a greater or lesser sum, or for a longer or shorter time;
(c) Upon written agreement by both parties, an obligor may petition the court to enter an order conditionally suspending the collection of all or part of the interest that has accrued on past-due child support prior to the date of the agreement: Provided, That said agreement shall also establish a reasonable payment plan which is calculated to fully discharge all arrearages within twenty-four months but not to exceed sixty months. Upon successful completion of the payment plan, the court shall enter an order which permanently relieves the obligor of the obligation to pay the accrued interest. If the obligor fails to comply with the terms of the written agreement, then the court shall enter an order which reinstates the accrued interest.
After implementation in accordance with the provisions of section 14-409, a source of income shall send the amount to be withheld from the obligor’s income to the Bureau for Child Support enforcement and shall notify the Bureau for Child Support enforcement of the date of withholding, the same date that the obligor is paid. If the source of income has more than fifty employees, the source of income shall submit the support withheld via electronic means in a manner prescribed by the Bureau for Child Support enforcement.
A written, notarized acknowledgment executed pursuant to the provisions of section twelve ten, article five, chapter sixteen of this code legally establishes the man as the father of the child for all purposes and child support may be established in accordance with the support guidelines set forth in article 13-101, et seq.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make technical corrections to the code, allow amnesty payment agreements to extend past two years, require emplyers to notify the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement prior to issuing a bonus to its employees and require a source of income electronically remit support payments via electronic means.