West Virginia Senate Bill 79 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 24 2021 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-25 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>The purpose of this bill is to provide a fair mechanism, that comports with due process, for the adjudication of requests for relocation of a parent with a child. The bill eliminates the following presumption in favor of relocation which was recognized in Syllabus Point 2 of Stacey J. v. Henry A., 842 S.E.2d 703 (2020), and Syllabus Point 3 of Nicole L. v. Steven W., 241 W.Va. 466, 825 S.E.2d 794 (2019):Â “Pursuant to West Virginia Code § 48-9-403(d)(1), if a parent who is exercising a significant majority of the custodial responsibility for a child proves that a proposed relocation is in good faith for a legitimate purpose, the location of the proposed move will be presumed to be reasonable. To overcome this presumption, the opposing parent must prove that the purpose of the move is substantially achievable without moving or by moving to a location that is substantially less disruptive of the opposing parent’s relationship to the child.”

Providing fair mechanism for adjudication of requests for relocation of parent with child

Sen. Charles Trump [R]

Sen. Mike Woelfel [D]

2021-02-24 - Senate - Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 30) (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-25	House	To House Judiciary
2021-02-25	House	To Judiciary
2021-02-25	House	Introduced in House
2021-02-24	Senate	Ordered to House
2021-02-24	Senate	Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 30)
2021-02-24	Senate	Read 3rd time
2021-02-24	Senate	On 3rd reading
2021-02-23	Senate	Read 2nd time
2021-02-23	Senate	On 2nd reading
2021-02-22	Senate	Read 1st time
2021-02-22	Senate	On 1st reading
2021-02-19	Senate	Committee substitute reported
2021-02-10	Senate	To Judiciary
2021-02-10	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2021-02-10	Senate	To Judiciary
2021-02-10	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
48	9	403	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=79&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB79%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=79
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB79%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=79
Amendment	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB79%20SFAT%20_1%20TRUMP%202-23.htm
Amendment	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB79%20SFAT%20_1%20TRUMP%202-23%20adopted.htm
Roll Call	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/senate/02-24-0030.pdf