West Virginia Code
Chapter 48. Domestic Relations
Article 26. Domestic Violence Act

§48-26-101. Title - §48-26-101. Title. This article shall be known as the "West...

§48-26-201. Applicability of Definitions - §48-26-201. Applicability of definitions. For purposes of this article, the...

§48-26-202. Advocacy Defined - §48-26-202. Advocacy defined. "Advocacy" means assisting victims and survivors of...

§48-26-203. Batterer Intervention and Prevention Program Defined - "Batterer intervention and prevention program", previously referred to as a...

§48-26-204. Board Defined - "Board" means the Family Protection Services Board created pursuant to...

§48-26-205. Closure Defined - "Closure" means the temporary or permanent prohibition of specified services...

§48-26-206. Department Defined - "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Resources.

§48-26-207. Domestic Violence Legal Services Fund Defined - "Domestic Violence Legal Services Fund" means the special revenue account...

§48-26-208. Domestic Violence Program Defined - "Domestic violence program" means a licensed program of a locally...

§48-26-209. Family Protection Fund Defined - "Family Protection Fund" means the special revenue account established by...

§48-26-210. Intimate Partner Defined - "Intimate partner" means a current or former spouse, a person...

§48-26-211. Licenses Defined - (a) "Conditional license" means a license issued for up to...

§48-26-212. Monitored Parenting and Exchange Defined - (a) "Monitored parenting" means the contact between a parent without...

§48-26-213. Outreach Defined - "Outreach" means a licensed domestic violence program's community-based activities that...

§48-26-214. Shelter Defined - "Shelter" means residential services offered by a licensed domestic violence...

§48-26-301. Family Protection Services Board Continued; Terms - §48-26-301. Family protection services board continued; terms. (a) The family...

§48-26-401. Powers and Duties of Board - §48-26-401. Powers and duties of board. (a) The board shall:...

§48-26-402. Requirements, Qualifications and Terms of Licensure; Collaboration to Assist Programs - (a) No domestic violence program, batterer intervention and prevention program...

§48-26-403. Legislative Rules - (a) The board shall propose rules for legislative approval in...

§48-26-406. Closure of Programs - (a) The board may close any program that violates the...

§48-26-407. Domestic Violence Shelters Not in Violation of Zoning Rules and Resolutions as to Use - Domestic violence shelters established pursuant to section four hundred two...

§48-26-408. Hearing Procedures; Judicial Review - (a) When a license for a program is downgraded or...

§48-26-501. Development of State Public Health Plan for Reducing Domestic Violence - §48-26-501. Development of state public health plan for reducing domestic...

§48-26-502. Notice of Victims' Rights, Remedies and Available Services; Required Information - (a) The Bureau for Public Health of the Department of...

§48-26-503. Standards, Procedures and Curricula - (a) The Bureau for Public Health of the Department of...

§48-26-603. Domestic Violence Legal Services Fund - §48-26-603. Domestic Violence Legal Services Fund. (a) There is continued...

§48-26-604. Annual Reports of Licensed Programs - (a) All programs licensed pursuant to this article shall report...

§48-26-701. Confidentiality - (a) A program licensed pursuant to this article may not...

§48-26-801. Continuing Education for Certain State Employees - §48-26-801. Continuing education for certain state employees. (a)(1) Subject to...

§48-26-802. Continuing Education for Law-Enforcement Officers Concerning Domestic Violence - (a)(1) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (2) of this...

§48-26-803. Judicial Education on Domestic Violence - (a)(1) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (2) of this...

§48-26-804. Required Curricula for Public Education System - (a)(1) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (2) of this...

§48-26-805. Continuing Education for School Personnel Who Are Required to Report Child Abuse and Neglect - (a)(1) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (2) of this...

§48-26-1001. Court Orders; Use of Monitored Parenting and Exchange Programs Without Court Order - §48-26-1001. Court orders; use of monitored parenting and exchange programs...

§48-26-1002. Exclusions - The provisions of this part do not apply to therapeutic...

§48-26-1004. Contract by Persons Using Program - Every program shall require that the parent, guardian or other...

§48-26-1101. Referral to Shelters - §48-26-1101. Referral to shelters. Where shelters are available, the law-enforcement...