West Virginia Code
Article 2A. Family Courts
§51-2A-21. Budget of the Family Court

The budget for the payment of the salaries and benefits of the family court judges and clerical and secretarial assistants shall be included in the appropriation for the Supreme Court of Appeals. The family court administration fund, heretofore created as the family law master administration fund, is continued as a special account in the state Treasury. The fund shall operate as a special fund administered by the State Auditor which shall be appropriated by line item by the Legislature for payment of administrative expenses of family courts. All agencies or entities receiving federal matching funds for the services of family court judges and their staff, including, but not limited to, the commissioner of the Bureau for Child Support enforcement and the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources, shall enter into an agreement with the administrative office of the Supreme Court of Appeals whereby all federal matching funds paid to and received by said agencies or entities for the activities by family court judges and the program staff shall be paid into the family court administration fund. Said agreement shall provide for advance payments into the fund by such agencies, from available federal funds pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and in accordance with federal regulations.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers

Article 2A. Family Courts

§51-2A-1. Family Courts Established

§51-2A-2. Family Court Jurisdiction; Exceptions; Limitations

§51-2A-2a. Family Court Jurisdiction to Restrict Contact Between Parties

§51-2A-3. Number of Family Court Judges; Assignment of Family Court Judges by Family Court Circuits

§51-2A-4. Qualifications of Family Court Judges

§51-2A-5. Term of Office of Family Court Judge; Initial Appointment; Elections

§51-2A-6. Compensation and Expenses of Family Court Judges and Their Staffs

§51-2A-7. Powers; Administrative and Judicial Functions of Family Court Judge

§51-2A-8. Rules of Practice and Procedure; Applicability of Rules of Evidence; Record of Hearings; Duties of Clerk of Circuit Court

§51-2A-9. Contempt Powers of Family Court Judge

§51-2A-10. Motion for Reconsideration of Family Court Order

§51-2A-11. Petition for Appeal

§51-2A-12. Stay of Proceedings Pending Appeal

§51-2A-13. Motion to Dismiss Appeal

§51-2A-14. Review by Circuit Court; Record; Standard of Review; Temporary Order Upon Demand

§51-2A-15. Review by Supreme Court of Appeals; Assistance for Pro Se Appellants

§51-2A-16. Expiration of Appellate Procedures; Exceptions; Report Requirements

§51-2A-17. Disciplinary Proceedings for Family Court Judges

§51-2A-18. Vacancy in the Office of Family Court Judge

§51-2A-19. Temporary Assignment of Family Court Judges

§51-2A-20. County Commissions Required to Furnish Offices for the Family Court Judges

§51-2A-21. Budget of the Family Court

§51-2A-22. Family Court Fund

§51-2A-23. Operative Dates; Terminology

§51-2A-24. Review by Intermediate Court of Appeals; Transfer of Jurisdiction From Circuit Court