§48-28-9. Uniformity of Application and Construction
In applying and construing this act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
§48-27-508. Costs to Be Paid to Family Court Fund
Any person against whom a protective order is issued shall be assessed costs of $25. Such costs shall be paid to the family court fund established pursuant to section twenty-two, article two-a, chapter fifty-one of this code.
§48-27-509. Conditions of Visitation in Cases Involving Domestic Violence
(a) A court may award visitation of a child by a parent who has committed domestic violence only if the court finds that adequate provision for the safety of the child and the petitioner can be made. (b) In a visitation order, a court may: (1) Order an exchange of a child to occur in […]
§48-27-510. Appeals
(a) A petitioner who has been denied an emergency protective order may file a petition for appeal of the denial, within five days of the denial, to the family court. (b) Any party who alleges that he or she will be adversely affected or aggrieved by a final protective order, or the denial or dismissal […]
§48-27-511. Purging of Domestic Violence Files
Two years after the entry of a final protective order, the circuit court, may, upon motion, order that the protective order and references to the order be purged from the file maintained by any law-enforcement agency and may further order that the file maintained by the court be sealed and not opened except upon order […]
§48-27-601. Transmitting Orders to Domestic Violence Database; Affidavit as to Award of Possession of Real Property; Service of Order on Respondent
§48-27-601. Transmitting orders to domestic violence database; affidavit as to award of possession of real property; service of order on respondent. (a) Upon entry of an order pursuant to section 27-403 or part 27-501, et seq., or an order entered pursuant to part 5-501, et seq., granting relief provided for by this article, a copy […]
§48-27-701. Service of Pleadings and Orders by Law-Enforcement Officers
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, all law-enforcement officers are hereby authorized to serve all pleadings and orders filed or entered pursuant to this article on Sundays and legal holidays. No law-enforcement officer shall refuse to serve any pleadings or orders entered pursuant to this article. Law enforcement shall attempt to […]
§48-27-702. Law-Enforcement Officers to Provide Information, Transportation and to Report Suspicions of Animal Cruelty
(a) Any law-enforcement officer responding to an alleged incident of domestic violence shall inform the parties of the availability of the possible remedies provided by this article and the possible applicability of the criminal laws of this state. Any law-enforcement officer investigating an alleged incident of domestic violence shall advise the victim of such violence […]
§48-27-801. Reports of Domestic Violence to State Police
LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. §48-27-801. Reports of domestic violence to state police. (a) Each law-enforcement agency shall maintain records on all incidents of domestic violence reported to it and shall monthly make and deliver to the West Virginia state police a report on a form prescribed by the State Police, listing all such incidents of domestic violence. […]
§48-27-802. Maintenance of Registry by State Police
(a) The West Virginia State Police shall maintain a registry in which it shall enter certified copies of protective orders entered by courts from every county in this state pursuant to the provisions of this article and of protection orders issued by a jurisdiction outside of this state pursuant to its law: Provided, That the […]