Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in the Virgin Islands

1. Law
2. US Virgin Islands Code
3. Domestic Relations
4. Support of Relations
5. Interstate Family-Support Act
6. Enforcement and Modification of Support Order After Registration
7. Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State
8. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in the Virgin Islands

• (a) If all of the parties who arc individuals reside in the Virgin Islands and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of the Virgin Islands has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child-support order in a proceeding to register that order.

• (b) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of Articles A and B, this article, and the procedural and substantive law of the Virgin Islands to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Articles C, D,. E, G, and H do not apply.

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