H. B. 2046
(By Delegates Staton, Pino, Givens, Tillis, Riggs
and Trump)
(Introduced February 12, 1997; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary)
A BILL to amend and reenact section thirty, article one-a, chapter
forty-eight-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, defining the term "support
order" as used in the enforcement of family obligations.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section thirty, article one-a, chapter forty-eight-a of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1A. ENFORCEMENT OF FAMILY OBLIGATIONS.
§48A-1A-30. Support order.
"Support order" means any order of a court of competent
jurisdiction for the payment of support, whether or not for a sum
certain.a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued by a court or an administrative
agency of competent jurisdiction, for the support and maintenance
of a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority
under the law of the issuing state, or a child and the parent with
whom the child is living, which provides for monetary support,
health care, arrearages, or reimbursements, and which may include
related costs and fees, interest and penalties, income withholding,
attorneys' fees, and other relief.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is adopt the federal
definition of the term "support order" which appears in §366 of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.