H. B. 2703

(By Delegates Louisos, Petersen and Pino)
[Introduced March 24, 1993; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article two-b, chapter forty-eight of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the visitation rights of grandparents with their grandchildren.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article two-b, chapter forty-eight of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2B. CHILD VISITATION.

§48-2B-1. Grandparents' visitation.

(a) The circuit court, upon petition, shall grant grandparents reasonable visitation rights as the court shall determine with respect to the grandchild, regardless of the marital status of the parents of the child or the relationship of the grandparents to the person having custody of the child.
(b) The action shall be brought in the circuit court in the county in which the child resides.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit a grandparent to seek, through petition and court order, visitation rights with their grandchildren.

This section has been completely rewritten; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.