Senate Bill No. 109
(By Senators Hunter, Unger and Dempsey)
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[Introduced January 10, 2003; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend article nine, chapter forty-eight of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
six hundred five, relating to requiring the clerk of the
circuit court to provide notification to a child's school when
a court's modification of a child custody determination
results in a change of parental custody.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article nine, chapter forty-eight of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section six
hundred five, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. CUSTODY OF CHILDREN.
§48-9-605. Notification to school of change in custodial parent.
If a court orders a modification of a child custody determination which results in a change in the child's parental
custody, the clerk of the circuit court shall send a certified
letter to the school which the child attends within five days of
the entry of the court's order notifying the school of the change
in parental custody.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the clerk of the
circuit court to provide notification to a child's school when a
court's modification of a child custody determination results in a
change of parental custody.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.