H. B. 2046
(By Delegates Staton, Pino, Givens, Tillis, Riggs
and Trump)
(Introduced February 12, 1997; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary)

A BILL to amend and reenact section thirty, article one-a, chapter forty-eight-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, defining the term "support order" as used in the enforcement of family obligations.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section thirty, article one-a, chapter forty-eight-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1A. ENFORCEMENT OF FAMILY OBLIGATIONS.

§48A-1A-30. Support order.
"Support order" means ~~any order of a court of competent jurisdiction for the payment of support, whether or not for a sum certain.~~a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued by a court or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, for the support and maintenance of a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state, or a child and the parent with whom the child is living, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, or reimbursements, and which may include related costs and fees, interest and penalties, income withholding, attorneys' fees, and other relief.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is adopt the federal definition of the term "support order" which appears in §366 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.