HB4603 HFAT Akers 2-24

Morgan 3345

Delegate Akers moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

H. B. 4603 -- “A BILL to amend and reenact §29-21-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to expanding the definition of “eligible proceeding” to include pre-adjudicatory alternative diversion proceedings and in cases where an appointment of a guardian for a minor in a circuit court is sought pursuant to a pre-adjudicatory alternative diversion; to amend and reenact §44-10-3 of said code relating to the creation of a process to appoint a guardian where a pre-adjudicatory alternative diversion has been granted in child abuse and neglect cases and also establishing what circuit court shall have jurisdiction and venue over these types of guardianships; providing that two years after an order appointing a guardian has been entered in a guardianship proceeding, that was filed pursuant to §49-4-607a, a petition for adoption may be filed by a guardian in the circuit court exercising jurisdiction over the original abuse and neglect proceeding; to amend and reenact §44-10-5 of said code exempting legal guardianships instituted pursuant to the granting of a pre-adjudicatory alternative diversion from bonding requirements; to amend and reenact §49-4-601b of said code relating to creating the expungement and purging process in instances where the department has made child abuse and neglect substantiations in cases where a pre-adjudicatory alternative diversion has been granted; to amend and reenact §49-4-607a of said code relating to the creation of the process for a party to be granted a pre-adjudicatory alternative diversion; related to stablishing requirements for the department and the guardian ad litem once a party has requested a pre-adjudicatory alternative diversion; and related to establishing when a pre-adjudicatory alternative diversion is not available to a parent.”;

Adopted

Rejected