West Virginia § 48-13-101 - Guidelines to ensure uniformity and increase predictability; presumption of correctness.
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§ 48-13-101. Guidelines to ensure uniformity and increase predictability; presumption of correctness.
This article establishes guidelines for child support award amounts so as to ensure greater uniformity by those persons who make child support recommendations and enter child support orders and to increase predictability for parents, children and other persons who are directly affected by child support orders. There is a rebuttable presumption, in any proceeding before a court for the award of child support, that the amount of the award which would result from the application of these guidelines is the correct amount of child support to be awarded.
Source: official West Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 48-13-101 ("Guidelines to ensure uniformity and increase predictability; presumption of correctness.") is part of the West Virginia Code, the codified statutory law of West Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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