WEST virginia legislature

2021 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 3054

By Delegates Steele, Foster, Mandt and Lovejoy

[Introduced March 10, 2021; Referred to the Committee on Senior, Children, and Family Issues then the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §48-10-203 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, relating to persons who may apply for grandparent visitation, providing for an expanded definition of “grandparent.”

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 10. GRANDPARENT VISITATION.

§48-10-203. Grandparent defined.

“Grandparent” means a biological grandparent or great-grandparent, a person married or previously married to a biological grandparent or great-grandparent, or a person who has previously been granted custody of the parent of a minor child with whom visitation is sought.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow great-grandparents to apply for grandparent visitation.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.