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There are 34 bill(s) regarding Domestic Relations

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 58 Creating mechanism for enforcement of spousal support Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/11/23 
SB 158 Prohibiting person under age of 18 from entering into marriage Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/12/23 
SB 573 Relating to child support guidelines and Support Enforcement Commission Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2023)
HB 2058 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 Health and Human Resources Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2103 An affirmative defense to violation of a parenting plan is a de facto parenting plan Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2123 Expanding definition of who may apply for grandparent visitation Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/03/23 
HB 2127 Relating to abolishing spousal support Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2130 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  01/11/23 
HB 2166 Relating to grandparents' rights to visit grandchildren Pending  House Senior, Children, and Family Issues Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2230 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  01/11/23 
HB 2259 Relating to modifications of child support or alimony Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2269 Recognize convictions of domestic battery in the fair and equitable distribution of marital property Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2324 Allowing for child support arrears agreements that the Family Court must accept Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2325 Relating to adoption attorneys Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/11/23 
HB 2509 Creating the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2023)
HB 2926 To modify parenting if father encouraged an abortion Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/23/23 
HB 2930 To prohibit state jurisdiction over out of state divorces Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/23/23 
HB 2948 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  01/24/23 
HB 2973 No guardian ad litem is needed on adoptions if both parents sign a relinquishment Pending  House Senior, Children, and Family Issues Committee  01/24/23 
HB 2986 Creating a statutory right to petition circuit and family courts for sibling visitation Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/24/23 
HB 2990 Ensure that persons appointed as guardian’s 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  01/24/23 
HB 2999 To choose to not vaccinate children does not amount to abuse and neglect Pending  House Senior, Children, and Family Issues Committee  01/24/23 
HB 3018 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 Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2023)
HB 3139 To allow for modification of a family court order involving drugs in certain circumstances Pending  House Senior, Children, and Family Issues Committee  01/30/23 
HB 3142 Provide that family court can order certain services Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/30/23 
HB 3194 Free range parenting is not classified as abuse and neglect Pending  House Senior, Children, and Family Issues Committee  01/31/23 
HB 3208 Automatic CPS expungement if an individual is not found to have committed abuse and neglect by court order Pending  House Senior, Children, and Family Issues Committee  02/02/23 
HB 3309 Establishing the Child Support from Conception Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/07/23 
HB 3316 To create a domestic violence registry Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/07/23 
HB 3358 Exemption from marriage and license participation Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/10/23 
HB 3405 Change the maximum time period of a protective order to one year Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/02/23 
HB 3418 Providing clarity for expungement of domestic violence pretrial diversions Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/13/23 
HB 3456 Prohibiting an inheritance if found to have engaged in elder abuse against decedent Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/14/23 
HB 3496 To create the Responsible Fatherhood Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/14/23