{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-16-506","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-16-506","heading":"Contest by obligor.","body":"(a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in part VI [§48-16-601 et seq.], or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.\n(b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:\n(1) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;\n(2) Each employer that has directly received an income withholding order relating to the obligor; and\n(3) The person designated to receive payments in the income withholding order, or if no person is designated, to the obligee.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 16. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-16-506/","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":"f560b8475b0cb4a60ef8229c66f12d18564fb1b1c1ef50478defc880026763f2","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-16-505","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-16-507"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}