This article applies to:
(a) Foreign protection orders issued before the effective date of this article; and
(b) Continuing actions for enforcement of foreign protection orders commenced before the effective date of this article. A request for enforcement, made on or after the effective date of this article, of a foreign protection order based on violations which occurred before the effective date of this article is governed by this article.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 48. Domestic Relations
Article 28. Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act
§48-28-3. Judicial Enforcement of Order
§48-28-4. Nonjudicial Enforcement of Order
§48-28-5. Registration of Order
§48-28-7. Criminal Offenses and Penalties