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H. B. 4530


(By Delegates Trump, Staton, Ashley,
Buchanan, Webb and Fleischauer)

[Introduced February 23, 1998; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary then Finance.]



A BILL to

amend
article two, chapter forty-eight of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section ten-b, relating generally to the establishment by the supreme court of appeals of programs of parent education classes for parents of minor children when the parents are involved in actions for divorce, paternity, custody or separate maintenance.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter forty-eight of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section ten- b,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. DIVORCE, ANNULMENT AND SEPARATE MAINTENANCE.

§48-2-10b. Parent education classes.

(a) The supreme court of appeals may, by administrative rule or order, direct the circuit courts throughout the state, or specific circuit courts the supreme court of appeals selects for pilot projects, to establish programs of parent education.
(b) The programs established under this section shall be designed for parents who have filed an action for divorce, paternity, support or separate maintenance. The purpose of the programs shall be to instruct and educate parents about the effects of divorce and custody disputes on their children. The programs shall be designed to teach parents ways to help their children and minimize their trauma.
(c) The rule or order may require attendance at the classes for every party to an action for divorce, paternity, custody or separate maintenance when there are minor children born of the parties. The rule or order may establish sanctions for failure to attend parent education class in accordance with the rule or order.
(d) The rule or order may require that each person attending the class pay a fee for the class. The fee set and charged for attending the class may not exceed twenty-five dollars.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Supreme Court of Appeals to establish a program
of parent education classes for parents of minor children when the parents are involved in actions for divorce, paternity, custody or separate maintenance.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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