Title 16, Domestic Relations

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order. (b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of the Virgin Islands may refuse recognition and enforcement …

If a tribunal of the Virgin Islands does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a Convention support order.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a tribunal of the Virgin Islands shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in the Virgin Islands. (b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreem…

(a) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:(1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of the Virgin Islands, either expressl…

Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.

A record filed with a tribunal of the Virgin Islands under this article must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.

(a) For purposes of this article, “Governor” includes an individual performing the functions of Governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this subchapter. (b) The Governor of the Virgin Islands may:(1) demand that the Governor of another state surrender an individ…

(a) Before making a demand that the Governor of another slate surrender an individual charged criminally in the Virgin Islands with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the Governor of the Virgin Islands may require a prosecutor of the Virgin Islands to demonst…

In applying and construing this subchapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, as amended in 2008.

This subchapter applies to proceedings begun on or after the effective date of this subchapter to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or enter…

If any provision of this subchapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this subchapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the pro…

If a provision of this subchapter is inconsistent with a provision of subchapter I of this chapter, this subchapter controls.