What is the punishment for not being regular with child support payments in West Virginia?
Full Question:
The court ordered my ex-husband to pay 10,000 dollars as child support to our 5-year-old twins. He is not been regular with the payments lately. It’s been over months now that I received any payments (child support) from my ex-husband. What is the punishment for not being regular with child support payments in West Virginia?
03/07/2017 |
Category: Minors » Child Support |
State: West Virginia |
#33499
Answer:
W. Va. Code § 61-5-29 says:
“Failure to meet an obligation to pay support to a minor; penalties.
(1) A person who: (a) Repeatedly and willfully fails to pay his or her court-ordered support which he or she can reasonably provide and which he or she knows he or she has a duty to provide to a minor; and (b) is subject to court order to pay any amount for the support of a minor child and is delinquent in meeting the full obligation established by the order and has been delinquent for a period of at least six months' duration is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $ 100 nor more than $ 1,000, or confined in jail for not more than one year, or both fined and confined.
(2) A person who repeatedly and willfully fails to pay his or her court-ordered support which he or she can reasonably provide and which he or she knows he or she has a duty to provide to a minor by virtue of a court or administrative order and the failure results in twelve months without payment of support that remains unpaid is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $ 100 nor more than $ 1,000, or imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than three years, or both fined and imprisoned.”
