Senate Bill No. 606
(By Senators Wooton, Hunter, Sprouse, McCabe and Rowe)
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[Introduced March 26, 2001; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend article two, chapter forty-four-a of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
thirteen-a, relating to the time of entry of orders of
guardianship and conservatorship under the West Virginia
guardianship and conservatorship act.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter forty-four-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
thirteen-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT.
44A-2-13a. Time of entry of orders.
An order appointing a guardian, a conservator, or both, or an
order ruling on a petition or motion filed subsequent to an
appointment, shall be entered by the court within fourteen days of
the hearing on any such petition filed pursuant to this article if
the trier of fact be the mental hygiene commissioner, or within
seven days of the hearing if the circuit court judge conducts the
hearing.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to specify the time of entry
of orders of guardianship and conservatorship under the West
Virginia Guardianship and Conservatorship Act.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.