A Message From the Chief
Family Mediation: Empowering Parents to Create Plans in the Best Interests of Children
The new millennium has brought significant changes to West Virginia family law, including a shift from court awards of "custody" and "visitation" to a presumption of shared decision-making authority for parents, and a departure from standard schedules of parenting time in favor of detailed parenting plans tailored to the specific needs of each family.(Read More...)
Justices and Judges Continue to Read to Students
West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Joseph P. Albright read to about 100 third- and fourth-grade students at St. Marys Elementary School on November 15, continuing the Court’s Robes to Schools program through the end of the fall term of Court.(Read More...)
Supreme Court Employees Donate to Toys for Tots
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ended its fall 2007 term on November 21 by donating toys to the U.S. Marine Corps' Toys for Tots program. The donation was part of Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis' "Year of the Child, Too" initiative.(Read More...)
Justice Davis Says Mercer County has Model Drug Court;
Six Adult Drug Court Teams to Complete Training in January 2008
Supreme Court Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis called the Southern Regional Drug Treatment Court in Mercer County a model program after visiting it on November 1.
(Read More...)Supreme Court to Hold 2008 LAWS Program in Mercer County
The Supreme Court will hold its 2008 LAWS program for high school and college students on April 15 at the Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton.(Read More...)
Justices Speak to Children's Justice Task Force, Parkersburg Rotary, WLSC Graduates
Supreme Court Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis spoke to the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the West Virginia Children's Justice Task Force on October 30 at the Charleston Civic Center.(Read More...)
Judge Moats Elected President of the West Virginia Judicial Association
Circuit Judge Alan D. Moats of Barbour and Taylor Counties is the new president of the West Virginia Judicial Association. Judge Moats will serve through December 5, 2008.(Read More...)
Chief Judges' Secretaries: Request
So that the Administrative Office has accurate information for the multi-judge circuits, we ask each chief judge's secretary to advise Mary Greene (558-0145) no later than January 31, 2008, of the name of the chief judge for 2008.(Read More...)
IRS Announces New Mileage Rate for 2008
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has announced a new mileage reimbursement rate for 2008 of 50.5 cents per mile for miles driven for business purposes. That’s an increase from a rate of 48.5 cents a mile in 2007.(Read More...)
Supreme Court Law Library Hosts Workshop
The West Virginia Supreme Court Law Library hosted a free workshop on
"Basic Legal Research" on December 1. Topics covered included how
to find court opinions and statutes, and what kinds of legal resources are
available.(Read More...)
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