{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-16-704","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 48-16-704","heading":"Initiation by Bureau for Child Support Enforcement proceeding under convention.","body":"(a) In a support proceeding under this article, the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement of this state shall:\n(1) Transmit and receive applications; and\n(2) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.\n(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee or under the convention:\n(1) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;\n(2) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;\n(3) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;\n(4) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 708(b)(2) [§48-16-708(b)(2)], (4) [§48-16-708(b)(4)], or (9) [§48-16-708(b)(9).\n(5) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(6) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(c) The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order;\n(1) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;\n(2) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(3) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\n(d) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.","path":["CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.","ARTICLE 16. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/48-16-704/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:29Z","sha256":"4093acc1d76ebe93a16b012286446643a5c5e708eedcabc9cb3c32c415e1e4ad","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-16-703","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-48-16-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}