by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
No individual may serve in the same case in more than one of the following roles: parent educator, attorney, guardian ad litem, screener, mediator, custody investigator. An organization may provide more than one of these services in the same case if the services are...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
Upon receipt of a mediated agreement the court shall review the agreement to determine if it is knowing, voluntary, and in the best interests of the parties’ children. The court shall cause the child support formula to be calculated based on the allocation of...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
(a)General provisions. – All parties shall be prepared to negotiate. Counsel may attend mediation. No party shall be compelled to consent to a mediated agreement. (b)Procedure prior to the commencement of mediation. – If a party arrives at the first...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
All mediators shall be subject to Canon 3 of the Code of Judicial Conduct regarding disqualification. Any party may file a written motion to disqualify a mediator for good cause. The court shall rule on the motion within ten days of the date the motion was filed. If...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
Mediation services shall be ordered at hourly fees which are affordable to the parties and consistent with the approved sliding scale. The court may apportion the costs of mediation between the parties based on their abilities to pay. No mediator may charge a fee for...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
(a)Parties assigned to mediation. – Within five days of receiving the abbreviated premediation screening report the court shall enter an order assigning a mediator to parties recommended for mediation. The assignment order shall (1) set the mediation fees in...
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