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V.I. Code tit. 16, § 362 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter I - Civil Liability for Support|§ 362. Employer's right to combine payments

 Any employer that is served with a notice issued pursuant to section 357 of this chapter for more than one (1) obligor may combine the withheld amount from all of its employees subject to such notices into a single payment to the Paternity and Child Support Division. The employer may issue a single certified check, money order, or electronic fund transfer, to cover all the amounts withheld from all obligors under this chapter, and in such case, the check shall be accompanied by a list of the name and social security number of each obligor, and the individual amounts withheld from each, as well as the withholding date.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 363 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter I - Civil Liability for Support|§ 363. Support orders issued in other U.S. jurisdictions

 (a) The income withholding system established under this chapter shall include withholding from income derived in this territory where the applicable child support orders were issued in any of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any other territory or possession of the United States. (b) When a person (1) who is entitled to receive child support or child support in conjunction with spousal or former spousal support pursuant to an order issued by any of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or possession of the United States, (2) whose obligor is not employed within the jurisdiction of the Virgin Islands, and (3) whose obligor is in arrears in an amount equal to the support payable for one (1) month, applies for enforcement services with the Division of Paternity and Child Support, the Division shall promptly notify the support enforcement agency in the jurisdiction where the obligor is employed to implement income withholding. The Division shall provide all necessary information to implement income withholding. The Division shall provide all necessary information to implement interstate income withholding, including the amount requested to be withheld, a copy of the support order and a statement of arrears. (c) When the Division receives a request from another support enforcement agency to provide the necessary information to implement interstate income withholding pursuant to a Virgin Islands order for child support or child and spousal support, the Division shall promptly provide the information. (d) When the Division receives a notice from another support enforcement agency to implement interstate income withholding against an obligor employed in the Virgin Islands, the Division shall promptly: (1) provide notice to the obligor pursuant to section 356(b) of this chapter; (2) provide the obligor with an opportunity to contest the interstate income withholding in accordance with section 356(c) of this chapter; (3) notify the obligor's employer pursuant to section 357 of this chapter; and (4) notify the support enforcement agency which sent the notice to implement the interstate income withholding when the obligor terminates employment in the Virgin Islands and provide the name and address of the obligor's new employer, if known. (e) Except with respect to when income withholding must be implemented, which is controlled by the jurisdiction where the support order was entered, the laws and administrative procedures of the Virgin Islands shall apply to interstate income withholding for child support or child support in conjunction with spousal support when the obligor is employed in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 364 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter I - Civil Liability for Support|§ 364. Reduction or termination of income withholding

 (a) When a support arrearage is paid in full, the Paternity and Child Support Division shall notify the obligor's employer. The employer then shall reduce the amount of income withheld to cover only the current support obligation. (b) Once income withholding has been instituted it may be terminated only upon a motion by the obligor or the Division of Paternity and Child Support, upon a showing that either the child and the child's custodian has disappeared for such an extended period of time that it is impossible to forward payment or that an obligation to pay support or arrearages no longer exists.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 365 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter I - Civil Liability for Support|§ 365. Security requirement

 The court or the hearing officer shall in appropriate cases require a person who has an arrearage or overdue support obligation and who has received the notice specified in section 355 of this chapter to give security, post a bond or give some other guarantee to secure the payment of overdue support.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 366 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter I - Civil Liability for Support|§ 366. Consumer reporting agency

 (a) The Division shall report, on a quarterly basis, all child support obligors who are delinquent in the payment of child support, in an amount at least equal to the support payable for one month, to consumer reporting agencies doing business in the Virgin Islands. Any report to a consumer reporting agency shall at minimum include the name of the obligor and the amount of overdue support owed by such obligor. Updates to such reports shall also be submitted on a quarterly basis. (b) The Division, prior to submitting any information about an obligor to a consumer reporting agency, shall provide the obligor with advance notice of the intent to furnish information to such agency, along with a notice of the right to file an appeal with the Administrative Hearing Office. The appeal to the Administrative Hearing Office shall be made within ten (10) days of the date of receipt of the notice, and any appeal shall be limited to mistake of fact and otherwise comply with applicable rules and regulations. (c) Information shall only be provided to consumer reporting agencies that have provided the Division with satisfactory evidence that the entity is a consumer reporting agency as defined in this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 367 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter I - Civil Liability for Support|§ 367. Income tax refund withholding to enforce support

 (a) An income tax refund payable by the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue or the U.S. Treasury Department which is otherwise due to a support obligor shall be reduced by the amount of any overdue support obligation owed by the support obligor. (b) The amount by which the income tax refund is reduced shall be distributed in accordance with section 457(b)(4) of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act or section 457(d)(3) in the case of overdue support assigned to the Virgin Islands Government, or, in the case of overdue support which the Virgin Islands Government has agreed to collect under section 454(6) of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act shall be distributed, after deduction of any fees imposed to cover the costs of collection, to the child or parent to whom such support is owed. Such fees shall not exceed the lesser of twenty-five ($25.00) or the actual costs of collection. (c) Prior to any request for income tax refund withholding under this section, the Division of Paternity and Child Support shall provide the support obligor with notice and opportunity for hearing as provided for in sections 355 and 356 of this chapter. (d) In any case in which a withholding under this section has in good faith been requested and paid to the Division of Paternity and Child Support by the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue under Title 33, section 1828, and it is determined that the amount certified to and paid by the Bureau is in excess of the amount of overdue support actually owed, the Division of Paternity and Child Support shall remit, without penalty to the Division, the excess amount to the support obligor, or if the excess was paid from the share of a person who filed a joint return with the support obligor, to the joint taxpayer.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 368 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter I - Civil Liability for Support|§ 368. Child support payments as final judgments; prohibition against retroactive modification

 (a) Any payment or installment of support under any child support order, whether pursuant to a court order or pursuant to an order entered by a hearing officer, shall be a final judgment by operation of law, with the full force and effect of a judgment of the courts of the Virgin Islands, including the ability to be enforced, on and after the date on which the child support payment or installment is due. (b) Every child support judgment shall be entitled to the full faith and credit in the Virgin Islands and in any of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any other territory or possession of the United States. (c) No child support judgment shall be subject to retroactive modification in the Virgin Islands or in any of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any other territory or possession of the United States, except that modification may be permitted with respect to any period during which a petition or motion for modification is pending, but only from the date that notice of such petition or motion has been served upon the person to whom the support is owed or, where that person is the petitioner or movant, upon the obligor.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 370 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter I - Civil Liability for Support|§ 370. Full faith and credit to paternity determinations

 In establishing or enforcing any duty of support under this chapter, the court and the hearing officer shall give full faith and credit to all paternity determinations of any other state, territory of possession of the United States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, or foreign jurisdiction that has been declared to have enacted a law substantially similar to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, as set forth in this chapter, if such paternity determination was made pursuant to a voluntary paternity acknowledgment signed in accordance with applicable procedures of the issuing jurisdiction, or if made pursuant to a court or administrative process authorized to determine parentage.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 372 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter I - Civil Liability for Support|§ 372. Virgin Islands child support disbursement unit

 (a) The Division is designated as the central “State Disbursement Unit” for the collection and disbursement of all child support payments in the Virgin Islands. Effective on January 1, 1998, all child support obligations, and spousal support obligations ordered in conjunction with a child support obligation, whether established or modified by the Superior Court or the Administrative Hearing Office, shall be payable to the Division, and the court or administrative order shall include a provision to this effect. Payments made to the Division shall be distributed in accordance with this section, and in accordance with any other applicable Territorial or Federal law or regulation. (b) The State Disbursement Unit shall utilize the Division's automated child support enforcement system, known as VIPERS, or any other comparable automated system, in order to collect and disburse child support payments from and to appropriate persons or entities, to maintain accurate identification of payments, to ensure prompt disbursements, and to provide timely and current payment records to persons or agencies entitled to same. Specifically, the State Disbursement Unit shall: (1) distribute child support payments received from an employer or other source of periodic payment within 2 business days after receipt, unless sufficient information identifying the payee is not provided, or unless a collection towards child support arrears is on appeal; and in order to facilitate the collection and distribution of support: (2) transmit income withholding notices to an employer or other appropriate entity within 2 business days after receipt of information sufficient to initiate income withholding, using uniform formats prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and (3) monitor cases in order to promptly identify failure to make timely payments of support; and (4) if payments are not timely made, in addition to initiating income withholding, utilize all appropriate enforcement procedures as authorized by law. (c) For purposes of this section, business day means a day on which Virgin Islands government offices are open for regular business.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 373 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter I - Civil Liability for Support|§ 373. Suspension of licenses

 (a) In the event that a child support obligor either: (1) owes overdue child support in the amount of $2,500 or more; or (2) after receiving appropriate notice, fails to comply with subpoenas or warrants relating to paternity or child support proceedings; the Division may, on its own, if the child support action is processed by the Division, or at the request of the Superior Court or a respective obligee, request that the Department of Motor Vehicles, or any licensing board or entity operating in the Virgin Islands which issues any type of driver's licenses, professional and occupational licenses, and recreational licenses, withhold, suspend, or restrict the use of the respective license. The request shall be in writing, signed by the Director of the Division and the Attorney General, or his or her designee, and shall be subject to the exceptions and procedures set out in subsections (b) and (c) of this section. (b) The Division shall not issue any request for the withholding, suspension or restriction of a license pursuant to subsection (a) of this section unless: (1) the obligor receives actual written notice of the intent to act pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; such notice shall advise the obligor that: (A) no action will be taken if he or she enters into and complies with a payment plan to satisfy his or her overdue child support, said plan to be established within 30 days of receipt of the notice; or (B) if applicable, no action will be taken if he or she complies with the outstanding subpoena or warrant within 10 days of receipt of the notice; and (C) that he or she has the right to file an appeal with the Administrative Hearing Office within 30 days on the limited issue of mistake of fact; and (2) the obligor fails to enter into such payment plan, fails to comply with the subpoena or warrant, if applicable, or fails to file an appeal within the prescribed time, or having filed such appeal, fails to show cause why the request should not proceed. (c) In the event that The Division issues a request in compliance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section, and having served such request, by certified mail, on the appropriate agency, licensing board or other entity as identified in this section, such agency, licensing board or other entity shall take appropriate steps to withhold, suspend or restrict the respective driver's license, professional and occupational license, or recreational license, as the case may be, according to procedures and policies to be established by the head of the respective agency, board or other entity; provided that, under no circumstance shall such procedure or policy delay a withholding, suspension or restriction of a license for more than 30 days after receipt of the request.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 374 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter I - Civil Liability for Support|§ 374. Access to locator information from interstate networks

 The Division, and any federal agency authorized to conduct Title IV-D child support enforcement activities, shall have access to any system used by any Virgin Islands government agency or entity to locate an individual for purposes relating to motor vehicles or law enforcement, including, but not limited to the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS) and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). Access to locate information from such systems shall be provided upon written request by the Director of the Division, or by an authorized employee of the federal agency, and such request shall certify that the information is necessary for, and will be limited to, carrying out Title IV-D functions. Access already provided to the Department of Justice shall extend to the Division. To the extent necessary, the Division and a respective government agency, including but not limited to Virgin Islands law enforcement agencies, may enter into cooperative agreements to govern the method and type of access, but in no event shall such cooperative agreement limit the access authorized under this section.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 375 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter I - Civil Liability for Support|§ 375. Recording of Social Security numbers for use in child support enforcement

 In order to facilitate the location of, and enforcement actions against, child support obligors, Virgin Islands government agencies which issue the following licenses, or which maintain records concerning the following matters, shall develop appropriate policies and procedures to ensure that applications for such licenses, or records pertaining to such matters, contain the Social Security number of a respective applicant or individual subject to such matter: (1) professional licenses; (2) commercial driver's licenses; (3) occupational licenses; (4) marriage licenses; (5) divorce decrees; (6) support orders: (7) paternity orders and acknowledgments; and (8) death records and certificates.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 81 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 81. Admission and transfer of pupils

 The Commissioner of Education shall regulate the admission of pupils and their transfer from one class, department, or school to another.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 82 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 82. Compulsory school attendance; age of pupils; exceptions

 (a) All children shall commence their school education by attending an approved kindergarten from the beginning of the school year in the calendar year in which they reach their fifth birthday, and they shall continue to attend school regularly until the expiration of the school year nearest their eighteenth birthday, except as provided in section 287 of this title; provided, however, those who graduate from high school before the age of 18 are excepted and students attending the National Guard Youth Challenge Program or any other program approved by the Virgin Islands Board of Education which has the equivalency of a high school diploma are also excepted. (b) The Commissioner of Education, in conjunction with the Virgin Islands Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this section no later than 12 months after the enactment of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 83 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 83. Hours of daily attendance

 The required attendance in regular classes in public schools shall not exceed six hours per school day.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 84 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 84. Home instruction

 Children may be taught at home under rules and regulations prescribed by the Board of Education when written permission has been granted by the Commissioner of Education for such children to remain out of school for this purpose, but such children may be examined by the Commissioner of Education or his authorized representative.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 85 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 85. Attendance at private, parochial and denominational schools

 All children attending regularly and punctually parochial, denominational or private schools, shall be exempt from attendance in public schools provided they are enrolled in and pursue the course of study in the appropriate grade of such school.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 86 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 86. Parental responsibility; excuse for absence

 (a) Parents and guardians shall be held responsible for the regular and punctual attendance of children at school in clean and decent apparel. (b) As used in this title, a person in parental relation to a minor shall include his father or mother, by birth or adoption, his legally appointed guardian, or his custodian. A person shall be regarded as the custodian of a minor if he has assumed the charge and care of the minor because its parents or legally appointed guardian have died, or are in prison, insane, committed to an institution, or because they have abandoned or deserted the minor, or are living outside this jurisdiction, or their whereabouts are unknown. (c) The absence or tardiness of children may be excused for reasons acceptable to principals or teachers. Teachers, principals, attendance officers, or other school officials may require that the reasons given as the cause for absence be substantiated by statements of a physician, dentist, nurse, or any other authoritatively informed person before the absence or tardiness be excused. (d) Any parent or guardian who contributes to the truancy of any child under his or her care shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine of not more than $100.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 87 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 87. Punishment of pupils by school authorities

 All principals and teachers in the public schools in the Virgin Islands shall have the right to exercise the same authority, as to conduct and behavior, over pupils attending their schools during the time they are in attendance, including the time required in going to and from their homes, as parents, guardians, or persons in parental relation to such pupils.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 88 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 88. Penalties affecting parents and employers

 (a) In case any parent, guardian, or other person in parental relation shall fail to comply with any provisions of this title he shall be deemed guilty of violation thereof and on conviction may be punished by a fine of not more than $100. (b) Any person who employs a child of compulsory school age and who by such employment knowingly causes tardiness or absence of such child shall upon conviction therefor be liable to a fine of not more than $100 for the first offense and a fine of not more than $500 for each succeeding offense.