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§48-27-101. Findings and Purposes - §48-27-101. Findings and purposes. (a) The Legislature of this state...
§48-27-201. Applicability of Definitions - §48-27-201. Applicability of definitions. For the purposes of this article...
§48-27-202. Domestic Violence Defined - §48-27-202. Domestic violence defined. "Domestic violence" or "abuse" means the...
§48-27-203. Emergency Hearing Defined - "Emergency hearing" means the hearing before a magistrate upon the...
§48-27-204. Family or Household Members Defined - §48-27-204. Family or household members defined. "Family or household members"...
§48-27-205. Final Hearing Defined - "Final hearing" means the hearing before a family court judge...
§48-27-206. Law-Enforcement Agency Defined - (a) "Law-enforcement agency" means and is limited to: (1) The...
§48-27-207. Program for Victims of Domestic Violence Defined - "Program for victims of domestic violence" means a licensed program...
§48-27-208. Program of Intervention for Perpetrators Defined - "Program of intervention for perpetrators" means a licensed program, where...
§48-27-209. Protective Order Defined - "Protective order" means an emergency protective order entered by a...
§48-27-301. Jurisdiction - §48-27-301. Jurisdiction. (a) Circuit courts, family courts and magistrate courts...
§48-27-302. Venue - The action may be heard in the county in which...
§48-27-303. Effect of Petitioner Leaving Residence - The petitioner's right to relief under this article shall not...
§48-27-304. Commencement of Proceeding - §48-27-304. Commencement of proceeding. (a) An action under this article...
§48-27-305. Persons Who May File Petition - A petition for a protective order may be filed by:...
§48-27-306. Counterclaim or Affirmative Defenses - (a) A respondent named in a petition alleging domestic violence...
§48-27-307. Persons Accompanying Petitioner - No person accompanying a person who is seeking to file...
§48-27-308. Charges for Fees and Costs Postponed - No fees shall be charged for the filing of petitions...
§48-27-309. Priority of Petitions - Any petition filed under the provisions of this article shall...
§48-27-310. Full Faith and Credit - Any protective order issued pursuant to this article shall be...
§48-27-311. Service of Process - A protective order may be served: (1) On the respondent...
§48-27-312. Production of Documents Pursuant to a Subpoena Duces Tecum - §48-27-312. Production of documents pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum....
§48-27-401. Interaction Between Domestic Proceedings - (a) During the pendency of a divorce action, a person...
§48-27-402. Proceedings in Magistrate Court When Temporary Divorce, Annulment, Separate Maintenance or Custody Order Is in Effect - (a) The provisions of this section apply where a temporary...
§48-27-403. Emergency Protective Orders of Court; Hearings; Persons Present - (a) Upon the filing of a verified petition under this...
§48-27-501. Issuance of Protective Order; Modification of Order - §48-27-501. Issuance of protective order; modification of order. (a) Upon...
§48-27-502. Mandatory Provisions in Protective Order - (a) A protective order must order the respondent to refrain...
§48-27-503. Permissive Provisions in Protective Order - The terms of a protective order may include: (1) Granting...
§48-27-504. Provisions in Protective Order for Person Witnessing or Reporting Domestic Violence - When the person to be protected is a person who...
§48-27-505. Time Period a Protective Order Is in Effect; Extension of Order; Notice of Order or Extension - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), section four...
§48-27-506. Effect of Protective Order on Real and Personal Property - No order entered pursuant to this article may in any...
§48-27-507. Mutual Protective Orders Prohibited - Mutual protective orders are prohibited unless both parties have filed...
§48-27-508. Costs to Be Paid to Family Court Fund - Any person against whom a protective order is issued shall...
§48-27-509. Conditions of Visitation in Cases Involving Domestic Violence - (a) A court may award visitation of a child by...
§48-27-510. Appeals - (a) A petitioner who has been denied an emergency protective...
§48-27-511. Purging of Domestic Violence Files - Two years after the entry of a final protective order,...
§48-27-601. Transmitting Orders to Domestic Violence Database; Affidavit as to Award of Possession of Real Property; Service of Order on Respondent - §48-27-601. Transmitting orders to domestic violence database; affidavit as to...
§48-27-701. Service of Pleadings and Orders by Law-Enforcement Officers - Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary,...
§48-27-702. Law-Enforcement Officers to Provide Information, Transportation and to Report Suspicions of Animal Cruelty - (a) Any law-enforcement officer responding to an alleged incident of...
§48-27-801. Reports of Domestic Violence to State Police - LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. §48-27-801. Reports of domestic violence to state police....
§48-27-802. Maintenance of Registry by State Police - (a) The West Virginia State Police shall maintain a registry...
§48-27-901. Civil Contempt; Violation of Protective Orders; Order to Show Cause - §48-27-901. Civil contempt; violation of protective orders; order to show...
§48-27-902. Violations of Protective Orders; Criminal Complaints - (a) Any person authorized to file a petition pursuant to...
§48-27-903. Misdemeanor Offenses for Violation of Protective Order; Repeat Offenses; Penalties - (a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the...
§48-27-1001. Arrest for Violations of Protective Orders - (a) When a law-enforcement officer observes any respondent abuse the...
§48-27-1002. Arrest in Domestic Violence Matters; Conditions - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary,...
§48-27-1003. Nonjudicial Enforcement of Order - (a) A law-enforcement officer of this state, upon determining that...
§48-27-1004. Immunity - This state or a local governmental agency, or a law-enforcement...
§48-27-1101. Rules of Practice and Procedure; Forms to Be Provided; Operative Date - (a) Pleadings, practice and procedure in domestic violence matters before...
§48-27-1102. Authorization for the Promulgation of Legislative Rules - The Governor's committee on crime, delinquency and correction shall develop...
§48-27-1103. Training of Law-Enforcement Officers in Domestic Violence - All law-enforcement officers shall receive training relating to response to...
§48-27-1104. Judicial Education on Domestic Violence - All circuit court judges may and magistrates and family courts...
§48-27-1105. Rule for Time-Keeping Requirements - The Supreme Court of Appeals shall promulgate a procedural rule...