HB2503 S JUD AMT #1 3-5

Smith  7883

The Committee on Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2503—A Bill to amend and reenact §49-4-601 and §49-4-722 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to court actions in abuse and neglect proceedings; procedures in child neglect or abuse cases; requiring a petition to include the names of all parents, guardians, custodians, or other persons standing in loco parentis with the child and an express statement as to whether each parent, guardian, custodian, or person standing in loco parentis is alleged to have neglected or abused the child; requiring the court to appoint counsel for the child, parents, guardians, custodians, and persons standing in loco parentis prior to the initial hearing; clarifying when a court may and may not appoint counsel; requiring a court to appoint counsel to an unrepresented person if necessary to satisfy the requirements of fundamental fairness and the best interests of the child; directing notice to various courts in actions involving certain adults held in juvenile custody when charged or convicted of adult crimes; requiring the Bureau of Juvenile Services to provide written notification to court as to such defendants during various stages of the criminal process in cases of adults in the juvenile jurisdiction of the circuit court; and requiring that notice to be given by courts that a hearing required by §49-4-722(c) of this code has been held.

Adopted

Rejected