West Virginia Code
Chapter 51. Courts and Their Officers
Article 2A. Family Courts

§51-2A-1. Family Courts Established - There is hereby created in each county in this state...

§51-2A-2. Family Court Jurisdiction; Exceptions; Limitations - (a) The family court shall exercise jurisdiction over the following...

§51-2A-2a. Family Court Jurisdiction to Restrict Contact Between Parties - (a) A family court in its discretion may, at any...

§51-2A-3. Number of Family Court Judges; Assignment of Family Court Judges by Family Court Circuits - (a) Beginning on January 1, 2009, forty-five family court judges...

§51-2A-4. Qualifications of Family Court Judges - (a) A family court judge must be a resident of...

§51-2A-5. Term of Office of Family Court Judge; Initial Appointment; Elections - (a) Beginning with the election to be conducted in the...

§51-2A-6. Compensation and Expenses of Family Court Judges and Their Staffs - (a) A family court judge is entitled to receive as...

§51-2A-7. Powers; Administrative and Judicial Functions of Family Court Judge - (a) The family court judge will exercise any power or...

§51-2A-8. Rules of Practice and Procedure; Applicability of Rules of Evidence; Record of Hearings; Duties of Clerk of Circuit Court - (a) Pleading, practice and procedure in matters before a family...

§51-2A-9. Contempt Powers of Family Court Judge - (a) In addition to the powers of contempt established in...

§51-2A-10. Motion for Reconsideration of Family Court Order - (a) Any party may file a motion for reconsideration of...

§51-2A-11. Petition for Appeal - (a) Within thirty days following the entry of a final...

§51-2A-12. Stay of Proceedings Pending Appeal - (a) Any person desiring to file a petition for appeal...

§51-2A-13. Motion to Dismiss Appeal - At any time following the filing of a petition for...

§51-2A-14. Review by Circuit Court; Record; Standard of Review; Temporary Order Upon Demand - (a) The circuit court may refuse to consider the petition...

§51-2A-15. Review by Supreme Court of Appeals; Assistance for Pro Se Appellants - (a) If both of the parties file, either jointly or...

§51-2A-16. Expiration of Appellate Procedures; Exceptions; Report Requirements - (a) The provisions of sections eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen and...

§51-2A-17. Disciplinary Proceedings for Family Court Judges - A family court judge may be censured, temporarily suspended or...

§51-2A-18. Vacancy in the Office of Family Court Judge - If a vacancy occurs in the office of family court...

§51-2A-19. Temporary Assignment of Family Court Judges - (a) Upon the occurrence of a vacancy in the office...

§51-2A-20. County Commissions Required to Furnish Offices for the Family Court Judges - Each county commission of this state has a duty to...

§51-2A-21. Budget of the Family Court - The budget for the payment of the salaries and benefits...

§51-2A-22. Family Court Fund - The office and the clerks of the circuit courts shall,...

§51-2A-23. Operative Dates; Terminology - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§51-2A-24. Review by Intermediate Court of Appeals; Transfer of Jurisdiction From Circuit Court - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary,...