West Virginia Code
Chapter 48. Domestic Relations
Article 9. Allocation of Custodial Responsibility and Decision-Making Responsibility of Children

§48-9-101. Scope of Article; Legislative Findings and Declarations - AND PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES. §48-9-101. Scope of article; legislative findings...

§48-9-102. Objectives; Best Interests of the Child - (a) The primary objective of this article is to serve...

§48-9-102a. Presumption in Favor of Equal (50-50) Custodial Allocation - There shall be a presumption, rebuttable by a preponderance of...

§48-9-103. Parties to an Action Under This Article - (a) Persons who have a right to be notified of...

§48-9-104. Parent Education Classes - AND PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES. §48-9-104. Parent education classes. (a) The...

§48-9-105. Venue for Custodial Allocation Actions Independent of Divorce - (a) Venue for the initial determination of custodial allocation or...

§48-9-201. Parenting Agreements - §48-9-201. Parenting agreements. (a) If the parents agree to one...

§48-9-202. Court-Ordered Services - §48-9-202. Court-ordered services. (a)(1) The court shall inform the parents,...

§48-9-203. Proposed Temporary Parenting Plan; Temporary Order; Amendment - (a) A parent seeking a temporary order relating to parenting...

§48-9-204. Criteria for Temporary Parenting Plan - (a) After considering the proposed temporary parenting plan filed pursuant...

§48-9-205. Permanent Parenting Plan - (a) A party seeking a judicial allocation of custodial responsibility...

§48-9-206. Allocation of Custodial Responsibility at Final Hearing - (a) Unless otherwise resolved by agreement of the parents under...

§48-9-207. Allocation of Significant Decision-Making Responsibility at Temporary or Final Hearing - (a) Unless otherwise resolved by agreement of the parents under...

§48-9-208. Parental Dispute Resolution - (a) If provisions for resolving parental disputes are not ordered...

§48-9-209. Parenting Plan; Considerations - When entering an order approving or implementing a temporary or...

§48-9-209a. Child Conceived as Result of Sexual Assault or Sexual Abuse by a Parent; Rights of a Biological Parent Convicted of Sexual Assault or Abuse; Post-Conviction Cohabitation; Rebuttable Presumption Upon Separation or Divorce - §48-9-209a. Child conceived as result of sexual assault or sexual...

§48-9-301. Court-Ordered Investigation - 48-9-301. Court-ordered investigation. (a) In its discretion, the court may...

§48-9-301a. Child Abuse Allegations - (a) If allegations of child abuse are made during a...

§48-9-302. Appointment of Guardian - (a) In its discretion, the court may appoint a guardian...

§48-9-303. Interview of the Child by the Court - The court, in its discretion, may interview the child in...

§48-9-401. Modification Upon Showing of Changed Circumstances or Harm - (a) Except as provided in 48-9-402 or 48-9-403 of this...

§48-9-402. Modification Without Showing of Changed Circumstances - (a) The court shall modify a parenting plan in accordance...

§48-9-403. Relocation of a Parent - 48-9-403. Relocation of a parent. (a) The relocation of a...

§48-9-501. Enforcement of Parenting Plans - §48-9-501. Enforcement of parenting plans. (a) If, upon a parental...

§48-9-601. Access to a Child S Records - 48-9-601. Access to a childs records. (a)(1) Each parent has...

§48-9-602. Designation of Custody for the Purpose of Other State and Federal Statutes - Solely for the purposes of all other state and federal...

§48-9-603. Effect of Enactment; Operative Dates - (a) The amendments to this chapter enacted during the 2022...

§48-9-604. Parent Education and Mediation Fund - There is hereby created in the state Treasury a special...