by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
Leave of court shall not be required for filing a petition for modification. A petition for modification shall be in writing, specify facts which demonstrate good cause for relief, be filed with the circuit clerk, and sent to all parties. Within five days of the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
(a)Commencement of action. – A paternity action shall be instituted by filing and serving a petition in the manner provided by these rules. If the action was not instituted by the child support enforcement agency, within five days of filing the circuit clerk...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
(a)Removal by family court to circuit court of infant guardianship cases involving child abuse and neglect. – If a family court learns that the basis, in whole or part, of a petition for infant guardianship brought pursuant to W.Va. Code ยงยง 44-10-3, is an...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
(a)Reports by Family Court. – If a family court has reasonable cause to suspect any minor child involved in family court proceedings has been abused or neglected, that family court shall immediately report the suspected abuse or neglect to the state child...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
(a)Appointment of guardian ad litem. Courts shall not routinely assign guardians ad litem for children in a domestic relations case. Where, however, the court is presented with substantial allegations of domestic abuse, serious allegations of abuse and neglect,...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
Mediators and premediation screeners shall have immunity in the same manner and to the same extent as a family court judge.W. Va. R. Prac. & P. Fam. Ct. 46Amended by order adopted November 27, 2001, effective January 1, 2002 and by order entered and effective...
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