The statutes below are current with legislation of the 2024 Regular Session and First Extraordinary Session. Please check to make sure there have been no changes since this time. You will find these and additional statutes on the West Virginia Legislature website.
Estatutos Seleccionados: West Virginia
- Chapter 44A. West Virginia Guardianship and Conservatorship Act
- Chapter 48. Domestic Relations
- Article 1. General Provisions; Definitions
- Article 5. Divorce
- Part 1. General Provisions
- Part 2. Grounds for Divorce
- 48-5-201. Grounds for divorce; irreconcilable differences
- 48-5-202. Grounds for divorce; voluntary separation
- 48-5-203. Grounds for divorce; cruel or inhuman treatment
- 48-5-204. Grounds for divorce; adultery
- 48-5-205. Grounds for divorce; conviction of crime
- 48-5-206. Grounds for divorce; permanent and incurable insanity
- 48-5-207. Grounds for divorce; habitual drunkenness or drug addiction
- 48-5-208. Grounds for divorce; desertion
- 48-5-209. Grounds for divorce; abuse or neglect of a child
- Part 5. Temporary Relief During Pendency of Action for Divorce
- 48-5-501. Relief that may be included in temporary order of divorce
- 48-5-502. Temporary spousal support
- 48-5-503. Temporary parenting order; child support
- 48-5-504. Attorney's fees and court costs
- 48-5-505. Costs of health care and hospitalization
- 48-5-506. Use and occupancy of the marital home
- 48-5-507. Use and possession of motor vehicles
- 48-5-508. Preservation of the properties of the parties
- 48-5-509. Enjoining abuse, emergency protective order
- 48-5-510. Consideration of financial factors in ordering temporary relief
- Article 8. Spousal Support
- Article 11. Support of Children
- Article 12. Medical Support
- Article 13. Guidelines for Child Support Awards
- Article 14. Remedies for the Enforcement of Support Obligations
- Article 18. Bureau for Child Support Enforcement
- Article 24. Establishment of Paternity
- Article 27. Prevention and Treatment or Domestic and Family Violence
- Part 1. General Provisions.
- Part 2. Definitions
- 48-27-201. Applicability of definitions.
- 48-27-202. Domestic violence defined
- 48-27-203. Emergency hearing defined
- 48-27-204. Family or household members defined
- 48-27-205. Final hearing defined
- 48-27-206. Law-enforcement agency defined
- 48-27-207. Program for victims of domestic violence defined
- 48-27-209. Protective order defined
- Part 3. Procedure
- 48-27-301. Jurisdiction
- 48-27-302. Venue
- 48-27-303. Effect of petitioner leaving residence
- 48-27-304. Commencement of proceeding
- 48-27-305. Persons who may file petition
- 48-27-306. Counterclaim or affirmative defenses
- 48-27-307. Persons accompanying petitioner
- 48-27-308. Charges for fees and costs postponed
- 48-27-309. Priority of petitions
- 48-27-310. Full faith and credit
- 48-27-311. Service of process
- 48-27-312. Production of documents pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum
- Part 4. Coordination with Pending Court Actions
- Part 5. Protective Orders; Visitation Orders
- 48-27-501. Issuance of protective order; modification of order
- 48-27-502. Mandatory provisions in protective order
- 48-27-503. Permissive provisions in protective order
- 48-27-504. Provisions in protective order for person witnessing or reporting domestic violence
- 48-27-505. Time period a protective order is in effect; extension of order; notice of order or extension
- 48-27-506. Effect of protective order on real and personal property
- 48-27-507. Mutual protective orders prohibited
- 48-27-508. Costs to be paid to family court fund
- 48-27-509. Conditions of visitation in cases involving domestic violence
- 48-27-510. Appeals
- 48-27-511. Purging of domestic violence files
- Part 6. Disposition of Domestic Violence Orders
- Part 7. Law Enforcement Response to Domestic Violence
- Part 8. Record-keeping by Law Enforcement Officers
- Part 9. Sanctions
- Part 10. Arrests
- Part 11. Miscellaneous Provisions
- Article 28. Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act
- Article 28b. Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act
- Chapter 50. Magistrate Courts
- Chapter 53. Extraordinary Remedies
- Chapter 55. Actions, Suits and Arbitration; Judicial Sale
- Article 7j. Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person, Protected Person or Incapacitated Adult
- 55-7J-1. Action for financial exploitation of an elderly person, protected person or incapacitated adult; definitions
- 55-7J-2. Restriction of defenses, standing alone, based on legal relationship
- 55-7J-3. Court authorized remedies
- 55-7J-4. Attorneys' fees; court costs and burden of proof; statute of limitations
- 55-7J-5. Action to freeze assets; burden of proof; options the court may exercise
- 55-7J-6. Penalty for violation of injunction; retention of jurisdiction
- Article 7j. Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person, Protected Person or Incapacitated Adult
- Chapter 61. Crimes and their Punishments
- Article 2. Crimes against the Person
- 61-2-9. Malicious or unlawful assault; assault; battery; penalties
- 61-2-9a. Stalking; harassment; penalties; definitions
- 61-2-9d. Strangulation; suffocation and asphyxiation; definitions; penalties
- 61-2-14a. Kidnapping; penalty
- 61-2-14d. Concealment or removal of minor child from custodian or from person entitled to visitation; penalties; defenses
- 61-2-28. Domestic violence - Criminal acts
- 61-2-29. Abuse or neglect of incapacitated adult; definitions; penalties
- 61-2-29b. Financial exploitation of an elderly person, protected person, or incapacitated adult; penalties; definitions
- Article 3. Crimes Against Property
- Article 3C. West Virginia Computer Crime and Abuse Act
- Article 6. Crimes Against the Peace
- Article 7. Dangerous Weapons
- Article 8. Crimes Against Chastity, Morality and Decency
- Article 8a. Preparation, Distribution or Exhibition of Obscene Matter to Minors
- Article 8b. Sexual Offenses
- Article 8c. Filming of Sexually Explicit Conduct of Minors
- Article 8d. Child Abuse
- 61-8D-3a. Female genital mutilation; penalties; definitions
- 61-8D-5. Sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position of trust to a child; parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position of trust allowing sexual abuse to be inflicted upon a child; displaying of sex organs by a parent, guardian, or custodian; penalties
- 61-8D-6. Sending, distributing, exhibiting, possessing, displaying or transporting material by a parent, guardian or custodian, depicting a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct; penalty
- Article 11. General Provisions Concerning Crimes
- Article 2. Crimes against the Person
- State Court Rules
Actualizada:
23 de julio de 2024