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Removing Barriers--Not Children: How West Virginia Can Prevent Further Harm To Children, Emily R. Mowry Apr 2023

Removing Barriers--Not Children: How West Virginia Can Prevent Further Harm To Children, Emily R. Mowry

West Virginia Law Review

West Virginia has one of the highest rates of children in foster care—and thus removed from their families—in the United States. Recent scientific and social science research has shown that removing children from their parents’ home is a traumatic event in and of itself, causing further harm to children already experiencing abuse and neglect. Federal legislation in the past ten years requires that states make reasonable efforts to address issues of abuse and neglect prior to removing children from their homes. West Virginia, for many reasons, is not doing so. West Virginia’s state child welfare agency, Department of Health and …


The Battle Over The Embryo: How West Virginia Should Legally Define The Embryo And Regulate Embryo Adoption, Alyssa Lechmanik Dec 2013

The Battle Over The Embryo: How West Virginia Should Legally Define The Embryo And Regulate Embryo Adoption, Alyssa Lechmanik

West Virginia Law Review

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West Virginia Courts Attempting To Equitably Distribute Defined Benefit Pension Plans During Divorce Proceedings: An Examination Of The Immediate Offset And Deferred Distribution Methods, Alex Greenberg Apr 2012

West Virginia Courts Attempting To Equitably Distribute Defined Benefit Pension Plans During Divorce Proceedings: An Examination Of The Immediate Offset And Deferred Distribution Methods, Alex Greenberg

West Virginia Law Review

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What Sex-Ed Didn't Teach You: Addressing The Inadequacies Of West Virginia Code Section 42-1-8 And The Future Of Posthumously Conceived Children, Andrew S. Felts Sep 2011

What Sex-Ed Didn't Teach You: Addressing The Inadequacies Of West Virginia Code Section 42-1-8 And The Future Of Posthumously Conceived Children, Andrew S. Felts

West Virginia Law Review

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Cause Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: The Need For Uniform Enforcement Of Cohabitation Agreements In West Virginia, Emily E. Diederich Apr 2011

Cause Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: The Need For Uniform Enforcement Of Cohabitation Agreements In West Virginia, Emily E. Diederich

West Virginia Law Review

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State V. Harden: Muddying The Waters Of Self-Defense Law In West Virginia, Devin C. Daines Apr 2011

State V. Harden: Muddying The Waters Of Self-Defense Law In West Virginia, Devin C. Daines

West Virginia Law Review

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De Facto Marriage In West Viginia: If The Court Recognizes The Relationship For Alimony, Why Not For Probate?, Lisa M. Gunno Apr 2007

De Facto Marriage In West Viginia: If The Court Recognizes The Relationship For Alimony, Why Not For Probate?, Lisa M. Gunno

West Virginia Law Review

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The Plight Of Putative Father: Public Policy V. Paternity Fraud, Maegan Padgett Apr 2005

The Plight Of Putative Father: Public Policy V. Paternity Fraud, Maegan Padgett

West Virginia Law Review

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The Ramifications Of West Virginia's Codified Child Custody Law: A Departure From Garska V. Mccoy, John D. Athey Jan 2004

The Ramifications Of West Virginia's Codified Child Custody Law: A Departure From Garska V. Mccoy, John D. Athey

West Virginia Law Review

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West Virginia Takes Refuge In Troxel's Safe Harbor: State Ex Rel. Brandon L. V. Moats, Kristina Thomas Whiteaker Jan 2003

West Virginia Takes Refuge In Troxel's Safe Harbor: State Ex Rel. Brandon L. V. Moats, Kristina Thomas Whiteaker

West Virginia Law Review

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Conceiving Non-Marital Fathers' Rights: An Inquiry Into The Constitutionality Of West Virginia's Adoption Statute, Lisa Kelly Apr 2000

Conceiving Non-Marital Fathers' Rights: An Inquiry Into The Constitutionality Of West Virginia's Adoption Statute, Lisa Kelly

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Changing The Law In Child Abuse And Neglect Proceedings: An Improvement On Improvement Periods, Morgan E. Persinger Dec 1999

Changing The Law In Child Abuse And Neglect Proceedings: An Improvement On Improvement Periods, Morgan E. Persinger

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


West Virginia's Adoption Statute: The History Of A Work In Progress, Lisa Kelly Sep 1999

West Virginia's Adoption Statute: The History Of A Work In Progress, Lisa Kelly

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Coming Out In West Virginia: Child Custody And Visitation Disputes Involving Gay Or Lesbian Parents, Jeffery L. Hall Sep 1997

Coming Out In West Virginia: Child Custody And Visitation Disputes Involving Gay Or Lesbian Parents, Jeffery L. Hall

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Bitter Battles: The Use Of Psychological Evaluations In Child Custody Disputes In West Virginia, Alison Richey Mcburney Apr 1995

Bitter Battles: The Use Of Psychological Evaluations In Child Custody Disputes In West Virginia, Alison Richey Mcburney

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


West Virginia Child Support Guidelines: The Melson Formula, Charles T. Berry Apr 1995

West Virginia Child Support Guidelines: The Melson Formula, Charles T. Berry

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


If Judgment Creditors Cannot Set Asunder A Debtor Spouse's Interest In The Marital Home, What Can They Do, John W. Fisher Ii Jan 1995

If Judgment Creditors Cannot Set Asunder A Debtor Spouse's Interest In The Marital Home, What Can They Do, John W. Fisher Ii

West Virginia Law Review

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Batterers Beware: West Virginia Responds To Domestic Violence With The Probable Cause Warrantless Arrest Statute, Toni L. Harvey Sep 1994

Batterers Beware: West Virginia Responds To Domestic Violence With The Probable Cause Warrantless Arrest Statute, Toni L. Harvey

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Alimony And Equitable Distribution: Are The Two Concepts Commingled In West Virginia, Robin J. Davis Jan 1993

Alimony And Equitable Distribution: Are The Two Concepts Commingled In West Virginia, Robin J. Davis

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


West Virginia's New Grandparent Visitation Statute: A Step In The Right Direction, Michelle M. Price Jan 1993

West Virginia's New Grandparent Visitation Statute: A Step In The Right Direction, Michelle M. Price

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Toward A More Equitable Distribution Of Property Upon Divorce: A Critique Of Recent Developments In The Law Of Marital Property In West Virginia, Lee Vanegmond Jan 1992

Toward A More Equitable Distribution Of Property Upon Divorce: A Critique Of Recent Developments In The Law Of Marital Property In West Virginia, Lee Vanegmond

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Domestic Relations, Cathy Rider Culhane Jan 1986

Domestic Relations, Cathy Rider Culhane

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Domestic Relations, Mary Ellen Guy Jan 1985

Domestic Relations, Mary Ellen Guy

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Essay: Critique Of West Virginia's New Equitable Distribution Statute, Penelope Crandall Sep 1984

Essay: Critique Of West Virginia's New Equitable Distribution Statute, Penelope Crandall

West Virginia Law Review

The 1984 session of the West Virginia Legislature passed a comprehensive bill which sought to establish both the substantive and procedural elements of equitable distribution. The legislature apparently intended to codify the exact parameters of the doctrine of equitable distribution in West Virginia. This legislative action was at least partly motivated by a desire to clear up some of the confusion which had resulted from the recent judicial adoption of the equitable distribution doctrine. The equitable distribution portion of the law found in West Virginia Code section 48-2-32 establishes the presumption that all marital property shall be divided equally between …


Domestic Relations, Christopher P. Riley Jan 1984

Domestic Relations, Christopher P. Riley

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Domestic Relations, Catherine Munster Apr 1983

Domestic Relations, Catherine Munster

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1981 Jan 1982

Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1981

West Virginia Law Review

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Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1980 Dec 1980

Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1980

West Virginia Law Review

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Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1979 Apr 1980

Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1979

West Virginia Law Review

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Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1978 Feb 1979

Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1978

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.