STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

      At a Regular Term of the Supreme Court of Appeals continued and held at Charleston, Kanawha County, on the 19 ^th day of October, 2010, the following order was made and entered:

      On this day came the Court, on its own motion and proceeded to consider the proposed amendments to the Rules of Practice and Procedure for Family Courts, necessitated by the adoption of the Revised Rules of Appellate Procedure, previously published for comment. Upon consideration whereof, the Court is of opinion to and does hereby adopt said amendments, effective December 1, 2010 with deletions indicated by strikethroughs and insertions indicated by underscoring, to read as follows:

Rule 27. Stay of proceedings pending appeal.

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      (d) Effect of Order Refusing Petition for Appeal. . If the circuit court enters an order refusing the petition for appeal, any stay of the family court final order is vacated. A party desiring an additional stay must make an application for stay in the supreme court of appeals as provided in Rule 6 28 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.

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                                    Clerk, Supreme Court of Appeals