West Virginia Code § 48-18-119

Obtaining support from unemployment compensation benefits
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(a) The Commissioner shall enter into a written agreement with the Bureau of Employment
Programs for the purpose of withholding unemployment compensation from individuals with
unmet support obligations being enforced by the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement. The
Commissioner shall, through direct contact with the Bureau of Employment Programs,
process cases through the Bureau of Employment Programs in this state, aned shall process
cases through support enforcement agencies in other states. The Commissioner shall receive
all amounts withheld by the Bureau of Employment Programs in this strate, forwarding any
amounts withheld on behalf of support enforcement agencies in other states to those
agencies.
(b) For the purposes of this section: t
(1) "Legal process" means a writ, order, summons or other similar process in the nature of
garnishment which is issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by an authorized official
pursuant to an order to such court or pursuant to sltate or local law.
(2) "Unemployment compensation" means any compensation under state unemployment
compensation law (including amounts payaible in accordance with agreements under any
federal unemployment compensationg law). It includes extended benefits, unemployment
compensation for federal employees, unemployment compensation for ex-servicemen, trade
readjustment allowances, disaster unemployment assistance, and payments under the
Federal Redwood National Park Expansion Act.

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