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V.I. Code tit. 16, § 395 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article B - Jurisdiction|§ 395. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident

 (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of the Virgin Islands may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if: (1) the individual is personally served with a summons within the Virgin Islands; (2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of the Virgin Islands by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction; (3) the individual resided with the child in the Virgin Islands; (4) the individual resided in the Virgin Islands and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child; (5) the child resides in the Virgin Islands as a result of the acts or directives of the individual; (6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in the Virgin Islands and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; (7) the individual asserted parentage of a child in the record of acknowledgements of paternity maintained by the Department of Heath Office of Vital Statistics pursuant to section 292(c) of this title; or (8) there is any other basis consistent with the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands and the Constitution of the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction. (b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) or in any other law of the Virgin Islands may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of the Virgin Islands to modify a child-support order of another state unless the requirements of section 442 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of section 445a are met.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 395a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article B - Jurisdiction|§ 395a. Duration of personal jurisdiction

 Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of the Virgin Islands in a proceeding under this subchapter or other law of the Virgin Islands relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of the Virgin Islands has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by sections 395d, 395e, and 395j.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 395b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article B - Jurisdiction|§ 395b. Initiating and responding to tribunal of the Virgin Islands

 Under this subchapter a tribunal of the Virgin Islands may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 395c (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article B - Jurisdiction|§ 395c. Simultaneous proceedings

 (a) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if: (1) the petition in Virgin Islands is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country; (2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and (3) if relevant, the Virgin Islands is the home state of the child. (b) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition is filed before a petition is filed in another state or a foreign country if: (1) the petition in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in Virgin Islands for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by state; (2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the Virgin Islands; and (3) if relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 395d (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article B - Jurisdiction|§ 395d. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order

 (a) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of the Virgin Islands has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is the controlling order, and: (1) at the time of the filing of a request for modification, the Virgin Islands is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or (2) even if the Virgin Islands is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of the Virgin Islands may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order. (b) A tribunal of the Virgin islands that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of the Virgin Islands may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if: (1) all of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of the Virgin Islands that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or (2) its order is not the controlling order. (c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child-support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar to that Act which modifies a child-support order of a tribunal of the Virgin Islands, tribunals of the Virgin Islands shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state. (d) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child-support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state. (e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 395e (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article B - Jurisdiction|§ 395e. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order

 (a) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of the Virgin Islands may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce: (1) the order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or (2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order. (b) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 395g (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article B - Jurisdiction|§ 395g. Child support orders for two or more obligees

 In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 395h (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article B - Jurisdiction|§ 395h. Credit for payments

 A tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of the Virgin Islands, another state, or a foreign country.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 395i (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article B - Jurisdiction|§ 395i. Application of subchapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction

 A tribunal of the Virgin Islands exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this subchapter under other law of the Virgin Islands relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside the Virgin Islands pursuant to section 416, communicate with a tribunal outside the Virgin Islands pursuant to section 417, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside the Virgin Islands pursuant to section 418. In all other respects, Articles C through F do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 395j (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article B - Jurisdiction|§ 395j. Continuing exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order

 (a) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of the Virgin Islands has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation. (b) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country. (c) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as: (1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in the Virgin Islands; or (2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 401 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article C - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 401. Proceedings under subchapter

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, this article applies to all proceedings under this subchapter. (b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this subchapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 402 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article C - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 402. Proceeding by minor parent

 A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor’s child.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 403 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article C - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 403. Application of law of the Virgin Islands

 Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a responding tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall: (1) apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in the Virgin Islands and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and (2) determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 404 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article C - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 404. Duties of the initiating tribunal

 (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this subchapter, an initiating tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents: (1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or (2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged. (b) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 405 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article C - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 405. Duties and powers of responding tribunal

 (a) When a responding tribunal of the Virgin Islands receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to section 405(b), it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed. (b) A responding tribunal of the Virgin Islands, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following: (1) establish or enforce a support order, modify a child-support order, determine the controlling child-support order, or determine parentage of a child; (2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance; (3) order income withholding; (4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment; (5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both; (6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order; (7) place liens and order execution on the obligor’s property; (8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor’s current residential address, electronic-mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment; (9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local, and state computer systems for criminal warrants; (10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods; (11) award reasonable attorney’s fees and other fees and costs; and (12) grant any other available remedy. (c) A responding tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall include in a support order issued under this subchapter, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based. (d) A responding tribunal of the Virgin Islands may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this subchapter upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation. (e) If a responding tribunal of the Virgin Islands issues an order under this subchapter the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any. (f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 406 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article C - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 406. Inappropriate tribunal

 If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of the Virgin Islands, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal the Virgin Islands or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 407 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article C - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 407. Duties of support enforcement agency

 (a) The Division of Paternity and Child Support, as the support enforcement agency, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this subchapter. (b) The Division of Paternity and Child Support when providing services to the petitioner shall: (1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of the Virgin Islands, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent; (2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing; (3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties; (4) within five days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner; (5) within five days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent’s attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and (6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained. (c) A support enforcement agency of the Virgin Islands that requests registration of a child-support order in the Virgin Islands for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts: (1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or (2) if two or more child-support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so. (d) The Division of Paternity and Child Support when requesting registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported. (e) The Division of Paternity and Child Support shall issue or request a tribunal of the Virgin Islands to issue a child-support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to section 419. (f) This subchapter does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 408 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article C - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 408. Duty of the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands

 (a) If the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands determines that the Division of Paternity and Child Support is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Attorney General may order the Division of Paternity and Child Support to perform its duties under this subchapter or may provide those services directly to the individual. (b) The Attorney General of the Virgin Islands may determine that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with the Virgin Islands and take appropriate action for notification of the determination.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 409 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article C - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 409. Private counsel

 An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 16, § 410 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 16 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 13 - Support of Relations|Subchapter II - Interstate Family-Support Act|Article C - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 410. Duties of the Virgin Islands Information Agency

 (a) The Division of Paternity and Child Support, is the Virgin Islands Central Registry and Information Agency under this subchapter. (b) The Division of Paternity and Child Support as the Information Agency shall: (1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in the Virgin Islands which have jurisdiction under this subchapter and any support enforcement agencies in the Virgin Islands and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state; (2) maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states; (3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the judicial division in Virgin Islands in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor’s property is believed to be located all documents concerning a proceeding under this subchapter received from another state or a foreign country; and (4) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor’s property within the Virgin Islands not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor’s address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver’s licenses, and social security.