West Virginia Code 25-1B-5 – Collection of child support
(a) The rights to support assigned by any inmate shall constitute an obligation of the person who is responsible for providing the support to the division for the support provided the inmate and child pursuant to the Correctional Center Nursery Program. The Bureau of Child Support Enforcement shall collect support payments made pursuant to the assignment and forward them to the division.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 25-1B-5
- Correctional Center Nursery Program: means the program authorized by this article. See West Virginia Code 25-1B-1
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Public assistance: means all forms of assistance, including monetary assistance from any public source paid either to the mother or child or any other person on behalf of the child. See West Virginia Code 25-1B-1
- Support: means the payment of money, including interest:
(A) For a child or spouse ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, whether the payment is ordered in an emergency, temporary, permanent or modified order, the amount of unpaid support shall bear simple interest from the date it accrued, at a rate of $10 upon $100 per annum, and proportionately for a greater or lesser sum, or for a longer or shorter time. See West Virginia Code 25-1B-1
(b) The division may receive the following:
(1) Money that is assigned or donated on behalf of, and public assistance provided to, a specific inmate or child participating in the Correctional Center Nursery Program; and
(2) Money or other property assigned or donated to establish and maintain the Correctional Center Nursery Program.
(c) Ten percent of the moneys described in this section shall be placed in the mandatory savings account of the mother for whom the money was received. The remaining moneys shall be used for items not covered by other program funds.