Bill Text: WV HB4234 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: No guardian ad litem is needed on adoptions if both parents sign a relinquishment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-10 - To House Senior, Children, and Family Issues [HB4234 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2024-HB4234-Introduced.html
FISCAL NOTE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 4234
By Delegate C. Pritt
[Introduced January 10, 2024; Referred
to the Committee on Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §48-22-803, relating to providing that a guardian ad litem may not be appointed in an adoption proceeding when both birth parents have signed proper relinquishments.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 22. ADOPTION.
§48-22-803. No appointment of a guardian ad litem when both birth parents have signed a relinquishment.
In a proceeding for adoption, a guardian ad litem may not be appointed by the court if both birth parents have signed a relinquishment in accordance with and meeting all of the requirements of §48-22-305 of this code.
NOTE: 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.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
