West Virginia Code
Article 31. Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act
§48-31-401. Procedure for Terminating Temporary Grant of Custodial Responsibility Established by Agreement


(a) At any time after return from deployment, a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility under section two hundred one of this article may be terminated by an agreement to terminate signed by the deploying parent and the other parent.
(b) A temporary agreement under section two hundred one of this article granting custodial responsibility terminates:
(1) If an agreement to terminate under subsection (a) of this section specifies a date for termination, on that date; or
(2) If the agreement to terminate does not specify a date, on the date the agreement to terminate is signed by the deploying parent and the other parent.
(c) In the absence of an agreement under subsection (a) of this section to terminate, a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility terminates under this article sixty days after the deploying parent gives notice to the other parent that the deploying parent returned from deployment.
(d) If a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility was filed with a court pursuant to section two hundred five of this article, an agreement to terminate the temporary agreement also shall be filed with that court within a reasonable time after the signing of the agreement. The case number and heading of the case concerning custodial responsibility or child support shall be provided to the court with the agreement to terminate.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 48. Domestic Relations

Article 31. Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act

§48-31-101. Short Title

§48-31-102. Definitions

§48-31-103. Remedies for Noncompliance

§48-31-104. Jurisdiction

§48-31-105. Notification Required of Deploying Parent

§48-31-106. Duty to Notify of Change of Address

§48-31-107. General Consideration in Custody Proceeding of Parent’s Military Service

§48-31-201. Form of Agreement Addressing Custodial Responsibility During Deployment

§48-31-202. Nature of Authority Created by Agreement

§48-31-203. Modification of Agreement

§48-31-204. Power of Attorney

§48-31-205. Filing Agreement or Power of Attorney With Court

§48-31-301. Proceeding for Temporary Custody Order

§48-31-302. Expedited Hearing

§48-31-303. Testimony by Electronic Means

§48-31-304. Effect of Prior Judicial Order or Agreement

§48-31-305. Grant of Caretaking or Decision-Making Authority to Nonparent

§48-31-306. Grant of Limited Contact

§48-31-307. Nature of Authority Created by Temporary Custody Order

§48-31-308. Content of Temporary Custody Order

§48-31-309. Order for Child Support

§48-31-310. Modifying or Terminating Grant of Custodial Responsibility to Nonparent

§48-31-401. Procedure for Terminating Temporary Grant of Custodial Responsibility Established by Agreement

§48-31-402. Consent Procedure for Terminating Temporary Grant of Custodial Responsibility Established by Court Order

§48-31-403. Visitation Before Termination of Temporary Grant of Custodial Responsibility

§48-31-404. Termination by Operation of Law of Temporary Grant of Custodial Responsibility Established by Court Order

§48-31-501. Uniformity of Application and Construction

§48-31-502. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

§48-31-503. Savings Clause