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To voluntarily terminate parental rights, the parent must make the termination in writing. The termination must also be free from duress and fraud (W.Va. Code § 49-4-607). A circuit court hearing may be held to make sure that no duress or fraud was committed when signing the writing.
Parents are protected procedurally in a few ways by the West Virginia Child Protective Services Act. First, parents have a right to counsel. Second, parents have a right to an improvement period in which they can show that they are parents who will not harm their children.
Custody orders stay in place until a child reaches 18 or is emancipated. A judge may order a visitation or custody arrangement that doesn't align with a child's preference. For example, a child may not want to have visits with an estranged parent. There's no set age when a child can refuse visitation.
A party aggrieved by a final order of a family court may file a petition for appeal to the circuit court no later than thirty days after the family court final order was entered in the circuit clerk's office....Review by circuit court.Refusal order.Granting order.
For an appeal to succeed a party must convince the Court that the Judge that heard the original case made an error of law and that the error was of such significance that the decision should be overturned.
Either party can request a review of the order if it has been in effect less than three years if substantial change in circumstances can be shown. The request should be made at your local BCSE office in the county handling the case. The review may find that the amount should be decreased, increased or stay the same.
Start by filing a written Petition for Modification. This usually should be filed in the court where your last custody plan was approved and ordered. The Petition for Modification is available on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals website, along with Instructions and a Motion for Temporary Relief.
(c) Abandonment of a child shall be presumed when the unknown father fails, prior to the entry of the final adoption order, to make reasonable efforts to discover that a pregnancy and birth have occurred as a result of his sexual intercourse with the birth mother.
Without going into the merits of facts of your case, since the order has been passed by the Family Court, which is constituted under the provisions of the Family Courts Act, 1984, a revision application against such order can be filed before the High Court under the provisions of Section 19(4) of the Family Courts Act.
If you intend to appeal a decision of the family court you must normally do so within 21 days of the decision (unless the judge who gave the decision provided a different time limit). You need the court's permission to appeal. You can request permission from the judge who made the decision.