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West Virginia Legislative Photography Del. Geoff Foster, R-Putnam, speaking in a meeting of the House Government Organization Committee on Monday, March 15, 2021.
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The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed a bill that, if it becomes law, would give family court judges one highest priority in child custody cases: courts would have to assume, at the beginning of the case, that custody arrangements that allocate 50% of time with each parent are best.
Then, it would be up to the parents to show that other factors, including domestic violence or child abuse, should be considered.
West Virginia Legislative Photography The West Virginia House of Delegates voted on Monday, March 8, 2021, to pass a bill for 50-50 shared custody of children.
The West Virginia House of Delegates has agreed once more to send the Senate legislation amending state code for co-equal child custody, save for court-proven incidents of domestic violence or child abuse.
Current law calls for custody plans to be crafted based on care-taking functions whoever spends the most time with a child gets the most time after a divorce or separation.
House Bill 2363, in creating a Best Interests of the Child Protection Act of 2021, swaps this for automatic 50-50 custody.