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WV Code § 48-18-119 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement|§48-18-119. Obtaining Support From Unemployment Compensation Benefits

(a) The Commissioner shall enter into a written agreement with the Bureau of Employment Programs for the purpose of withholding unemployment compensation from individuals with unmet support obligations being enforced by the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement. The Commissioner shall, through direct contact with the Bureau of Employment Programs, process cases through the Bureau of Employment Programs in this state, and shall process cases through support enforcement agencies in other states. The Commissioner shall receive all amounts withheld by the Bureau of Employment Programs in this state, forwarding any amounts withheld on behalf of support enforcement agencies in other states to those agencies.(b) For the purposes of this section:(1) "Legal process" means a writ, order, summons or other similar process in the nature of garnishment which is issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by an authorized official pursuant to an order to such court or pursuant to state or local law.(2) "Unemployment compensation" means any compensation under state unemployment compensation law (including amounts payable in accordance with agreements under any federal unemployment compensation law). It includes extended benefits, unemployment compensation for federal employees, unemployment compensation for ex-servicemen, trade readjustment allowances, disaster unemployment assistance, and payments under the Federal Redwood National Park Expansion Act.
WV Code § 48-18-120 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement|§48-18-120. Statements of Account

The Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall provide monthly statements of their account to each obligor and obligee without charge. The commissioner shall establish procedures whereby an obligor or obligee can contest or correct a statement of account.
WV Code § 48-18-121 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement|§48-18-121. Providing Information to Consumer Reporting Agencies; Requesting Consumer Credit Reports for Child Support Purposes

(a) For purposes of this section, the term "consumer reporting agency" means any person who, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages, in whole or in part, in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties.(b) The Commissioner shall establish procedures whereby information regarding the amount of overdue support owed by an obligor will be reported periodically by the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement to any consumer reporting agency, after a request by the consumer reporting agency that it be provided with the periodic reports.(1) The procedures shall provide that any information with respect to an obligor shall be made available only after notice has been sent to the obligor of the proposed action, and such obligor has been given a reasonable opportunity to contest the accuracy of the information.(2) The procedures shall afford the obligor with procedural due process prior to making information available with respect to the obligor.(c) The information made available to a consumer reporting agency regarding overdue support may only be made available to an entity that has furnished evidence satisfactory to the Bureau that the entity is a consumer reporting agency as defined in subsection (a) of this section.(d) The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement may impose a fee for furnishing such information, not to exceed the actual cost thereof.(e) The Commissioner of the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement, or her or his designee, may request a consumer reporting agency to prepare and furnish to the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement a consumer report for purposes relating to child support, by certifying to the consumer reporting agency that:(1) The consumer report is needed for the purpose of establishing an individual's capacity to make child support payments or determining the appropriate level of payments in order to set an initial or modified child support award;(2) The paternity of the child of the individual has been established or acknowledged by the individual in accordance with state law;(3) The individual whose report is being requested has been given at least ten days' prior notice of the request by certified mail to his or her last known address that such report is being requested; and(4) The consumer report will be kept confidential, will be used solely for a purpose described in subdivision (1) of this subsection and will not be used in connection with any other civil, administrative or criminal proceeding or for any other purpose.
WV Code § 48-18-122 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement|§48-18-122. Central State Case Registry

(a) The Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall establish and maintain a central state case registry of child support orders. All orders in cases when any party receives any service provided by the Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall be included in the registry. Any other support order entered or modified in this state on or after October 1, 1998, shall be included in the registry. The Bureau for Child Support enforcement, upon receipt of any information regarding a new hire provided pursuant to section 18-125 of this article shall compare information received to determine if the new hire's income is subject to wage withholding and notify the employer pursuant to that section.(b) Each party to a child support proceeding shall, upon entry of an order awarding or modifying child support, complete and file with the clerk of the circuit court issuing the order a form, to be promulgated by the administrative office of the Supreme Court of Appeals, listing information concerning the location and identity of a party including, but not limited to: The party's social security number, residential and mailing address, telephone number and driver's license number; the child's name, birth date and social security number; and the party's employer's name, address and telephone number. The clerk shall promptly forward all such information to the state case registry. The parties are required to notify the state case registry of any change in the information contained on the form, and every order for support shall so state. All information provided to the state case registry shall be subject to the privacy and confidentiality safeguards contained in section 18-131.(c) In any subsequent child support enforcement action between the parties, there shall be a presumption that the requirements for notice and service of process have been met upon a showing that the Bureau for Child Support enforcement has made a diligent effort to ascertain the location of a party by delivery of written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the most recent employer or residential mailing address filed with the state case registry pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
WV Code § 48-18-123 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement|§48-18-123. Subpoenas

In order to obtain financial and medical insurance or other information pursuant to the establishment, enforcement and modification provisions set forth in this chapter, the Bureau for Child Support enforcement or any out-of-state agency administering a program under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act may serve, by certified mail or personal service, an administrative subpoena on any person, corporation, partnership, financial institution, labor organization or state agency for an appearance or for production of financial or medical insurance or other information. In case of disobedience to the subpoena, the Bureau for Child Support enforcement may invoke the aid of any family court in requiring the appearance or production of records and financial documents. The Bureau for Child Support enforcement may assess a civil penalty of no more than $100 for the failure of any person, corporation, financial institution, labor organization or state agency to comply with requirements of this section.
WV Code § 48-18-128 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement|§48-18-128. Billing for Fees and Costs

(a) When any filing, copying or other service is provided to the Bureau for Child Support enforcement, the state or county official or the clerk of any court providing such fee for a charge, shall bill the Bureau for Child Support enforcement monthly.(b) When any filing, copying or other service is provided to a person, agency or entity who is providing services for the Bureau for Child Support enforcement pursuant to a contract, the state or county official or the clerk of any court providing such fee for a charge, shall bill the entity, agency, person or Bureau for Child Support enforcement monthly, in accord with the terms of the contract. The Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall provide the relevant terms of such agreement to those officials upon implementation of any agreement.(c) A state or county official and the clerk of any court who charges a deposit, library fee, filing fee for filing and copying documents or their service, if the filing, copying or services is for the Bureau for Child Support enforcement or for a person, entity or agency providing services pursuant to a contract as described in this article, shall bill the Bureau for Child Support enforcement monthly or the person, entity or agency providing such services monthly, in accord with the terms of any contract.
WV Code § 48-18-129 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement|§48-18-129. Acceptance of Federal Purposes; Compliance With Federal Requirements and Standards

(a) The state assents to the purposes of the federal laws regarding child support and establishment of paternity and agrees to accept federal appropriations and other forms of assistance made under or pursuant thereto, and authorizes the receipt of such appropriations into the State Treasury and the receipt of other forms of assistance by the Bureau for Child Support enforcement for expenditure, disbursement and distribution by the bureau in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the conditions imposed by applicable federal laws, rules and regulations.(b) Insofar as such actions are consistent with the laws of this state granting authority to the bureau and the commissioner, the bureau shall comply with such requirements and standards as the secretary of the federal department of health and human services may have determined, as of the effective date of this section, to be necessary for the establishment of an effective program for locating obligors, establishing paternity, obtaining support orders and collecting support payments.(c) The commissioner shall propose for promulgation a legislative rule in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, to establish time-keeping requirements to assure the maximum funding of incentive payments, grants and other funding sources available to the state for the processing of cases filed for the location of absent parents, the establishment of paternity, and the establishment, modification or enforcement of orders of child support.
WV Code § 48-18-130 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement|§48-18-130. Publicizing Child Support Enforcement Services

The Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall regularly and frequently publicize, through public service announcements, the availability of child support enforcement services under the provisions of this chapter and otherwise, including information as to any application fees for such services and a toll-free telephone number and a postal address at which further information may be obtained.
WV Code § 48-18-133 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement|§48-18-133. Recording of Social Security Numbers in Certain Family Matters

(a) The social security number, if any, of any applicant for a professional license, driver's license, occupational license, recreational license, or marriage license must be recorded on the application for such license.(b) The social security number of any individual who is subject to a divorce decree, support order, or paternity determination or acknowledgment must be placed in the records relating to the matter.(c) For the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, if the licensing authority allows the use of a number other than the social security number on the face of the document while the social security number is kept on file at the agency, the applicant shall be so advised by such authority.
WV Code § 48-18-201 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement|§48-18-201. General Provisions Related to Requests for Assistance, Recalculation of Support Amounts, Preparation of Petition and Proposed Orders

(a) An obligor or an obligee under a child support order may seek and obtain the assistance of the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement to perform a recalculation of the support amount and prepare and present a petition seeking modification of a child support order and the presentation of a proposed order modifying support to the family court.(b) A request for services authorized by this section shall constitute an application for services from the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement.(c) The duties and actions directed or authorized when a request is made pursuant to this section shall be exercised by the employees and agents of the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement under the supervision and direction of Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorneys as part of, and in addition to, their duties as set out in section one hundred three, article nineteen of this chapter.(d) In performing its duties under this section, the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement is authorized to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred twenty-three of this article, to require an obligor or obligee to produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, papers, documents or tangible things pursuant to Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure or section one hundred twenty-three of this article.(e) When the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement is authorized or required by this section to notify or give notice to a party, the notice shall be given in the same manner as required for service of a petition for modification of support filed with the family court.(f) The procedures and forms used shall provide that one party may request that their residential address and the address and identity of the employer not be revealed to another party.(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.(h) The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement shall prepare an explanation of the process and procedures it will use to process the request for assistance under this section. The explanation shall be made available generally to the public, given to every person who makes a request and included with the notice to the responding party.
WV Code § 48-18-202 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement|§48-18-202. Request for Assistance by Party

(a) To make a request for assistance under this article, a party shall submit the request in writing to the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement on a form provided by the bureau. The written request form shall include all of the requesting party's information known to the party that is relevant to determine the child support amount. The request shall be accompanied by:(1) A copy of the order being modified or, in the discretion of the bureau, information sufficient to permit the bureau to retrieve or identify the order;(2) A form containing a statement of all of the requesting party's information known to the party that is relevant to determining the amount of child support, including a general statement or argument advancing the reason the request is being made;(3) Copies of documentation reasonably available to the requesting party setting forth all of the requesting party's information that is relevant to determine the amount of child support;(4) A statement setting forth the relevant information pertaining to the responding party's earnings and child support that is known or believed to be true by the requesting party;(5) Copies of any relevant documentation which the requesting party may have in its possession which would be relevant to determining the responding party's child support obligations; and(6) A statement of all other known proceedings, pending court proceedings or other pending requests for assistance involving the parties or related to the child or children whose support is being reevaluated.(b) Upon receipt of notification that an obligor is incarcerated in a regional jail or a state or federal correctional facility, the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement shall determine whether the expected incarceration will exceed six months. If the incarceration will exceed six months, the bureau shall file a petition to modify child support.
WV Code § 48-18-204 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement|§48-18-204. Request for Meeting With the Bureau

(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.(b) A party may modify an information statement or provide additional documents at the meeting or at any time before the Bureau sends its proposed order to the family court.
WV Code § 48-18-206 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement|§48-18-206. Family Court Action on Petition and Proposed Order Prepared by Bureau for Child Support Enforcement

(a) Upon receipt of petition for modification and proposed order prepared by the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement in accordance with the provisions of this article, the circuit clerk shall serve a copy of the petition and the proposed order upon all parties to the proceeding by personal service or by United States certified mail, return receipt requested, and direct the parties to file any objections to the proposed modified child support order within twenty days of the date of receiving such notice.(b) Within five days of the filing of a petition for modification and proposed order, the circuit clerk shall notify the family court.(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 shall proceed to review the petition and proposed order sua sponte, and shall 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.(d) If the family court receives an objection to the petition or proposed order, the family court shall set a date and time for hearing.(e) At any hearing on the proposed order, the family court shall treat the proposed order as a motion for modification made by the party requesting the bureau to initiate the modification. The actions of the family court at a hearing shall be de novo and shall not be an appeal from the bureau's recommended order. The family court shall notify the parties of the hearing and of the parties' rights and the procedures to be followed.(f) The fees to be assessed for filing and service of the petition and the disbursement of the fee for petitions filed pursuant to this section shall be the same as the fee charged by the clerk for petitioning for an expedited modification of a child support order, as set forth in section eleven, article one, chapter fifty-nine of this code.
WV Code § 48-19-101 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 19. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement Attorney|§48-19-101. Purposes; How Article to Be Construed

(a) The purposes of this article are:(1) To enumerate and describe the functions and duties of the Bureau for Child Support enforcement attorney as an employee of the Bureau for Child Support enforcement;(2) To ensure that procedures followed by the Bureau for Child Support enforcement attorney will protect the best interests of children in domestic relations matters; and(3) To compel the enforcement of support orders, thereby ensuring that persons legally responsible for the care and support of children assume their legal obligations and reduce the financial cost to this state of providing public assistance funds for the care of children.(b) This article shall be construed to facilitate the resolution of domestic relations matters.
WV Code § 48-19-102 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 48. Domestic Relations|Article 19. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement Attorney|§48-19-102. Appointment of Bureau for Child Support Enforcement Attorneys

 (a) Each Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorney shall be appointed by the Commissioner of the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement. The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorneys shall be duly qualified attorneys licensed to practice in the courts of this state. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorneys shall be exempted from the appointments in the indigent cases which would otherwise be required pursuant to article twenty-one, chapter twenty-nine of this code.(b) Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Commissioner from temporarily assigning, from time to time as caseload may dictate, a Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorney from one geographical area to another geographical area.(c) The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorney is an employee of the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement.