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WV SB794

Bill

Official Source

Status

Enrolled

3/13/2026

Primary Sponsor

Tom Willis

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Excludes adoption orders and decrees from the appellate jurisdiction of West Virginia's Intermediate Court of Appeals
  • Adds adoption orders entered pursuant to §48-22-704 to the list of matters that must bypass the Intermediate Court and go directly to the Supreme Court of Appeals
  • Amends §51-11-4 of the West Virginia Code (The West Virginia Appellate Reorganization Act)
  • Technical correction updates a domestic violence statute citation from §48-27-1 to §48-27-101

Legislative Description

Relating to appeals of orders or decrees of adoption

Courts

Last Action

House Message received

3/14/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/26/2026
Judiciary2/6/2026

Full Bill Text

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