Effect of registration for enforcement

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  • (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of the Virgin Islands.

  • (b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of the Virgin Islands.

  • (c) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.


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