Bill Text: WV HB2188 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Nullifying certain adoption orders
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - To House Judiciary [HB2188 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-HB2188-Introduced.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2019 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2188
By Delegate Sponaugle and
Miley
(By Request)
[Introduced January 9, 2019;
Referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §48-22-804, relating to nullifying certain adoption orders.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 22. ADOPTION.
§48-22-804. Annulment of adoption by adoptee.
Any adult resident who has been previously adopted by order of a West Virginia court may petition a circuit court for a court order annulling the adoption. Upon granting the petition by the court, all legal rights and privileges granted pursuant to state law by the adoption are null and void. The court, upon request of the petitioner, as part of any such order, may change the name of the petitioner, if the petitioner has the legal surname of the adopted parent.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow adult adoptees who are residents of the state to nullify adoption orders of state courts.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
