{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-16-206","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-16-206","heading":"Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.","body":"(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:\n(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\n(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.\n(b) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 16. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-16-206/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:27Z","sha256":"5d15091a112d1bc4564182994b826005cd6239e606d1db62ce781a2666fc372d","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-16-205","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-16-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}