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There are 26 bill(s) regarding Domestic Relations

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 55 Relating generally to adoption records Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/12/22 
SB 74 Relating to spousal support enforcement Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/12/22 
SB 140 Allowing state and federal criminal history record check of each adult living in residence when minor child is placed there due to emergency Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/12/22 
SB 171 Relating to tax exemption for child support due Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/12/22 
SB 224 Setting age of consent for marriage at 18 Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/12/22 
SB 463 Best Interests of Child Protection Act of 2022 Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022)
HB 2088 Relating to requiring a court to verify certain conditions are met before a child who has been removed from a home may be returned to that home. Pending  House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2255 Allowing deductions to determine adjusted gross income for student loan payments or mortgage payments in determining child support Pending  House Senior, Children, and Family Issues Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2274 Relating to abolishing spousal support Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2312 Ensuring that legal or biological parents have equal access to any and all copies of birth registry forms Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2883 To ensure that the WV Judiciary remains neutral and detached in matters related to allocation of custodial responsibility and decision-making responsibility of children Pending  House Senior, Children, and Family Issues Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2931 Relating to standardizing the criteria for awarding spousal support Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2952 Ensure that persons appointed as guardians ad litem in divorce and child custody and parenting cases are properly trained in certified courses of instruction with curricula grounded in the social science bases for determining the best interests of the child Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3018 Providing for expungement of domestic violence pretrial diversions Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3025 An affirmative defense to violation of a parenting plan is a de facto parenting plan Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3054 Expanding definition of who may apply for grandparent visitation Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/31/22 
HB 3099 Relating to grandparents' rights to visit grandchildren Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/31/22 
HB 3261 Relating to adoption attorneys Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3262 Allowing for child support arrears agreements that the Family Court must accept Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/12/22 
HB 4041 Providing for an expedited hearing for grandparent visitation when one of the parents has died Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/31/22 
HB 4316 To modify portions of the Best Interest of the Child Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/21/22 
HB 4435 Establishing that 18 is the age of consent and removing the ability of an underage person to obtaining a consent to marry through their parents, legal guardians, or by petition to the circuit court Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/31/22 
HB 4509 Relating to gender neutral language for marriages Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/02/22 
HB 4663 Creating a statutory right to petition circuit and family courts for sibling visitation Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/14/22 
HB 4729 Relating to modifications of child support or alimony Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/15/22 
HB 4770 Recognize convictions of domestic battery in the fair and equitable distribution of marital property Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/15/22