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Introduced Version House Bill 2966 History

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H. B. 2966


(By Delegates Eldridge, Walters, Argento,
Stowers, Klempa, Martin, Barker, Varner, Reynolds,


Butcher and Manchin)

[Introduced January 13, 2010; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]


A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §48-1-308, relating to requiring both parents to be equally responsible for a child's funeral expenses.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §48-1-308, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS; DEFINITIONS.
§48-1-308. Child's funeral expenses.
Unless otherwise specified in a binding divorce decree or legal separation agreement, both legal parents are financially responsible for their child's funeral and graveyard expenses.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require both legal parents to be equally responsible for a child's funeral expenses.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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