{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-16-301","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-16-301","heading":"Proceeding under article.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, this part applies to all proceedings under this article.\n(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this article 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.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 16. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT.","PART III. CIVIL PROCEDURES OF GENERAL APPLICATION."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-16-301/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:28Z","sha256":"080632e47bfbe8f7ffcec5f1e9f786219bbe7ba894ee01344e3ee48896b8af09","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-16-211","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-16-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}