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Child Support

Laws current as of November 30, 2023

How will I get the child support payments owed to me?

Every child support order will be paid through an immediate income withholding order that attaches to any current or future income source. The only exceptions to this rule are:

  1. if you and the other parent agree in writing to an alternative arrangement; or
  2. either parent convinces the judge or hearing officer that:
    • there is good cause to make a different arrangement; and
    • the alternate arrangement is in the child’s best interest.1

​1 16 V.I.C. § 353(a), (b)

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