| WV | SB716 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill generally relates to child support. The bill reconfigures the West Virginia Child Support Enforcement Commission. The bill authorizes a temporary stay of child support obligation under certain circumstances. The bill clarifie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
On 3rd reading, House Calendar |
| WV | HB5093 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to clean up language relating to the revision of order concerning distribution of marital property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB318 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is modify the process of when parent rights have been terminated.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
Approved by Governor 2/20/24 - House Journal |
| WV | HB5670 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to, except for emergency medical treatment, require a parent a parent who has been allocated custodial responsibility to provide the other parent notice prior to medical expenses being incurred that may be greater than $20...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB616 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to add brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law to the definition of family and household members subject to the provisions of domestic violence laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5622 | Intro
25% | Relating to gender change in government documents
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5560 | Intro
25% | Relating to makin 8:00pm the latest custody exchanges can happen for children under ten without agreement from both parties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4252 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create a framework by which Canadian domestic violence orders can be recognized, registered, enforced by law enforcement, and enforced by the courts of West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
Approved by Governor 2/8/2028 - House Journal |
| WV | SB516 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to determine venue for custodial allocation actions independent of divorce.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB621 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to remove the procedure for the court to conduct written investigations into proceedings under Article 9, to ensure that the West Virginia judiciary remains neutral and detached in all matters pending before any court of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5236 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to update the definition of domestic violence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5198 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit court filing of a parent plan agreement without being a part of a divorce or separation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB5114 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to change the time period of a protective order extension to one year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5053 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a statutory right for siblings to petition a circuit or family court for visitation with their minor child siblings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5003 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require that any 16 or 17 year old who seeks a marriage license from the county clerks of this state be a West Virginia resident.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4923 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish parental requirements regarding gender reassignment surgery or gender altering medications for minor children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4930 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to ensure that persons appointed as guardians ad litem in divorce and child custody and parenting cases are properly trained in certified courses of instruction with curricula grounded in the social science bases for deter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4898 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit, as a condition for eligibility to foster or adopt, by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, the requirement to affirm, accept or support any government policy regarding sexual orientation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4815 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to unseal adoption records after adoptees reach 21 years of age for adoptees for a one-time fee of $30 and issuance of an original birth certificate for the common birth certificate fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB153 | Intro
25% | Making adoption records accessible for medical purposes
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
Referred to Rules on 3rd reading |
| WV | HB4643 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Child Support from Conception Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB353 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to remove the procedure for the court to conduct written investigations into proceedings under Article 9, to ensure that the West Virginia judiciary remains neutral and detached in all matters pending before any court of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB415 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase minimum salaries for Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorneys from $45,000 to $75,000 per year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4609 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to remove the procedure for the court to conduct written investigations into proceedings under Article 9, to ensure that the West Virginia judiciary remains neutral and detached in all matters pending before any court of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB4234 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide that a guardian ad litem may not be appointed in an adoption proceeding when both birth parents have signed proper relinquishments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB4177 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to direct the Supreme Court of Appeals to assign appropriate judicial officers for a pilot domestic violence court in Kanawha County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4561 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require that family courts in West Virginia accept child support arrears agreements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4360 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide that the location of a court with guardianship jurisdiction of a minor child has venue for an adoption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB4326 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to ensure that a "de facto" parenting plan is an affirmative defense to violation of a parenting plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4370 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to ensure that legal or biological parents have equal access to any and all copies of birth registry forms submitted to the hospital by the mother, or any other person, for the purpose of registering the birth of the child...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4590 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill relates to modifications of a parenting plan order for substance abuse and requires full restoration of a parenting plan upon successful completion of a substance abuse rehabilitation program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB4358 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that circuit courts and family courts of this state have no jurisdiction in the case of an action for divorce filed in another state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4277 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide that the presumption of 50-50 parental custody of children in child custody court proceedings is rebutted and the court may deviate from the presumption of 50-50 custody upon clear and convincing evidence that t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4520 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to recognize convictions of domestic battery or domestic assault in the fair and equitable distribution of marital property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4334 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide an exemption from marriage and license participation in certain situations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4327 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide that modifications to child support or alimony shall be made retroactive to the date of a change of income or circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4536 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to abolish spousal support.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
