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...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
(a)Orders requiring premediation screening. – No later than five days after the scheduling conference or other hearing at which the court first determines that the parties do not have an agreed parenting plan, the court shall order both parties to complete a...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
(a)Panels; training and qualifications. – Each family court shall establish a panel of mediators meeting the qualifications and training requirements established by the supreme court of appeals. All panel members shall be subject to approval by the Supreme Court...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
(a)Course format and content. – In addition to the mandatory parent education class described in Rule 37, family courts in regions designated by the supreme court of appeals may order parties in proceedings involving minor children to attend advanced...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, West Virginia
(a)Course content. – All parent education courses shall be subject to approval by the Supreme Court of Appeals, and shall educate and instruct parents about the following matters: (1) how to prepare a parenting plan; (2) mediation and other non-judicial methods...
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