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2024 West Virginia Code
Chapter 48. Domestic Relations
Article 27. Prevention and Treatment of Domestic Violence
- §48-27-101. Findings and Purposes
- §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
- §48-27-208. Program of Intervention for Perpetrators Defined
- §48-27-209. Protective Order Defined
- §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
- §48-27-401. Interaction Between Domestic Proceedings
- §48-27-402. Proceedings in Magistrate Court When Temporary Divorce, Annulment, Separate Maintenance or Custody Order Is in Effect
- §48-27-403. Emergency Protective Orders of Court; Hearings; Persons Present
- §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
- §48-27-601. Transmitting Orders to Domestic Violence Database; Affidavit as to Award of Possession of Real Property; Service of Order on Respondent
- §48-27-701. Service of Pleadings and Orders by Law-Enforcement Officers
- §48-27-702. Law-Enforcement Officers to Provide Information, Transportation and to Report Suspicions of Animal Cruelty
- §48-27-801. Reports of Domestic Violence to State Police
- §48-27-802. Maintenance of Registry by State Police
- §48-27-803. Repealed. Acts, 2010 Reg. sess., Ch. 52
- §48-27-901. Civil Contempt; Violation of Protective Orders; Order to Show Cause
- §48-27-902. Violations of Protective Orders; Criminal Complaints
- §48-27-903. Misdemeanor Offenses for Violation of Protective Order; Repeat Offenses; Penalties
- §48-27-1001. Arrest for Violations of Protective Orders
- §48-27-1002. Arrest in Domestic Violence Matters; Conditions
- §48-27-1003. Nonjudicial Enforcement of Order
- §48-27-1004. Immunity
- §48-27-1101. Rules of Practice and Procedure; Forms to Be Provided; Operative Date
- §48-27-1102. Authorization for the Promulgation of Legislative Rules
- §48-27-1103. Training of Law-Enforcement Officers in Domestic Violence
- §48-27-1104. Judicial Education on Domestic Violence
- §48-27-1105. Rule for Time-Keeping Requirements
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