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Timestamp: 2018-05-24 02:08:15
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§48', '§48', '§48', '§48', '§48', '§48', '§48', '§48']

Enrolled Version - Final Version (2) Senate Bill 584 History
sb584 enr2
[Passed April 16, 2005; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §48-11-106a; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §48-14- 107; and to amend said code by adding thereto six new sections, designated §48-18-201, §48-18-202, §48-18-203, §48- 18-204, §48-18-205 and §48-18-206, all relating to modification of child support orders; allowing the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement to assist a party seeking the recalculation of support and modification of a child support order due to a substantial change in circumstances; providing request for assistance; notice and filing procedures; granting subpoena powers; providing circumstances under which application may be refused; requiring certain information be provided; opportunity to meet with parties prior to filing of petition for a proposed order; providing for the submission and consideration of proposed modified child support orders to the family court; establishing filing, related notice and review procedures for petitions for modification; and providing that a party may file a request for modification if Bureau of Child Support Enforcement rejects request for assistance.
(g) The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement may refuse to accept a request or take action on a request for assistance if it determines there are existing ongoing proceedings which would create a conflict, or if it determines that the request was not in good faith based on the allegations made, a history of multiple such requests or other information. If the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement makes a determination to refuse the request for assistance, it shall notify the party making the request for assistance and, if the responding party has already been notified of the request, the responding party.
(1) A blank information statement form and an explanation of the form;
(4) A request that the responding party submit a statement and supply a copy of any information or documentation which the responding party may have which would challenge, contradict or supplement the information which has been previously submitted by the requesting party to allow the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement to more accurately recalculate any modified child support obligations of the parties;
(6) A request that the responding party provide a list of all other known proceedings, pending court proceedings or other requests for recalculation or modification of the parties' respective child support obligations; and
(d) The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement may issue a subpoena, pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred twenty- three of this article, to produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, papers, documents or tangible things relevant to the determination of child support to persons other than the parties to the support order.
(a) Either party may ask for an in-person meeting with the Bureau prior to the preparation or presentation of any petition to seek a modification of a child support order or any proposed modification order to the family court. As a part of the initial contact and notice to the parties after its receipt of an assistance request under this article, the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement shall inform the parties of their right to meet with the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement to discuss the circumstances and any relevant factors pertaining to the parties' child support obligations. If either party asks for a meeting, the responding party shall be notified that a meeting has been requested. The parties shall not meet with the Bureau at the same time except as allowed in the discretion of the Bureau. No party may be required to meet with the Bureau.
(a) If the Bureau determines that no credible information exists to establish finding of a substantial change in circumstances as required by section one hundred five, article eleven of this chapter or section one hundred six, article fourteen of this chapter, the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement shall notify the parties of that fact and notify the parties that the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement will not be preparing a petition or proposed order seeking modification of the parties' child support obligation. Under those circumstances, if the parties disagree with the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement's assessment and wish to independently file a petition for modification, the parties may still seek modification of child support by filing a petition for modification of an order for support with the family court under the provisions of section one hundred five or one hundred six, article eleven of this chapter or under the provisions of section one hundred six, article fourteen of this chapter.
(c) Any such petition filed by the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement, filed pursuant to this article, shall include the following:
(1) When the previous child support order disregarded the child support guidelines; the grounds for the disregarding or adjusting the guidelines are stated in the worksheet or previous order or are agreed upon by the parties or are otherwise clear; and those grounds continue to exist and can be applied to the current circumstances; or
(c) If no party files timely objection to the proposed order or timely requests a hearing on the petition after receiving such notice, then the family court may proceed to review the petition and proposed order sua sponte and may issue the proposed order. If the family court receives no objection, but the family court concludes that the proposed order should not be entered or should be changed, it shall set the matter for hearing.