West Virginia Senate Bill 438: Relating to circumstances of parental rights

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session

What it does

The purpose of this bill is to increase circumstances where the Department of Human Services is required to seek termination of parental rights. The bill also increases circumstances where the time limit for a respondent parent's improvement period, or combination or extension of the respondent parent's improvement period, applies.

Latest action

To Judiciary (2026-01-16)

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