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November 18, 2021

WHAT ARE THE “RIGHTS” OF UNMARRIED PARENTS?

...you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” So, many domestic violence filings are primarily power moves to gain an advantage in the custody matter. Call it, “The law of unintended consequences.” Domestic violence is a terrible societal problem, and many petitions filed are valid, even essential. But why is there no “domestic squabble law” allowing the magistrate or the Family Court to settle immediate problems such as who gets the ca...

July 20, 2010

Mediation Conundrums, Domestic Violence, and Sociopaths

...I check my e-mail and post to my blog. I learned that the laws on domestic violence are being toughened even more. Not sure how the gun lobby missed these major changes which create major impediments to a person getting his/her gun rights back even after the restraining order expires. Not sure how the police are going to handle the many new tasks assigned to them. I wonder who budgeted for that? But, common sense dictates that if a person can get...

December 13, 2014

WV Supreme Court Rules People May Not Agree to Leave Each Other Alone.

...I prefer “mutual no unwanted contact order”) must be tied to our domestic violence statute and can only be entered if there are findings of domestic abuse. They have taken away the most simple, practical, tool we had to keep people OUT OF domestic violence and criminal court. What were they thinking?! This is a very, very, very bad ruling, which misses entirely the fact that being pestered, bothered, constantly texted, embarrassed at Wal-Mart, or...

May 7, 2020

A Legal Resource if Your Life is Off-Kilter

...iding filing suit. There is a very small time window for filing a domestic violence petition and getting a protective order. The statute lists five examples of domestic violence. I write about it in several blog articles. Just search my blog, www.hunterlawfirm.net/blog . My biggest tip if the abuse involved violence is to go to the emergency room to get checked out and tell the doctor honestly what happened. If you can’t reach me, call the police...

June 28, 2015

WV FAMILIES DODGE A METAPHORICAL BULLET

...rder. Without the ability to bar bad behavior that falls short of domestic violence, pretty soon every incident of poor behavior would begin to look like domestic violence. to its victims. DV filings would have soared because it is the only tool the Supreme Court gave the Family Courts. This is an instant where the legislature was much wiser and pragmatic than our Court. And, it is an example that sometimes the people “in the trenches” have better...

February 19, 2021

Family Law in WV: A Deep Dive

...sue “no unwanted contact” restraining orders without a finding of domestic violence. This statute Sec. 51-2A-2a is fairly recent but it is an invaluable option for Family Courts and the Parties. It does not carry the stigma of a domestic violence order. My story, as co-author of this statute, is covered in detail in another blog article: WV Senate Bill 430 – The Law That No One Heard Of – Attorney J. Burton Hunter III : Attorney J. Burton Hunter I...

February 23, 2021

A Pending WV Family Law Catastrophe

...agree with me that we saved West Virginia families from experiencing much violence and even death, while keeping many people from suffering the stigma of a domestic violence finding. 20 years earlier, I suggested to my dear friend, and your colleague, Upshur County Delegate Dale Riggs, that we model a West Virginia statute on California’s new “Stalking Law”. When West Virginia State Bar Family Law Committee Chair Lyne Ranson, Charleston attorney...

February 14, 2016

The Maze of WV Child Custody Issues – Just Dropping Crumbs Won’t Get You Out

...quitable distribution of assets and debts, children’s issues, non-domestic violence restraining orders, alimony, and attorney’s fees. When parties negotiate successfully, family court approves parenting plan agreements and property settlement agreements. I discuss “non-domestic violence” restraining orders in previous blog articles. One is “Senate Bill 430: The Bill No One Heard of”, http://wp.me/p4utce-tH . The other is “WV Families Dodge a Metap...

November 20, 2012

2012 Seminars Attended to Date

...MUNICATING WITH CHILDREN 2012-11-16 AMY WILSON STRANGE MORGANTOWN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING FOR FAMILY COURT & CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT GAL RECOGNIZING & ACCOUNTING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 2012-11-16 GABRIELLE DAVIS MORGANTOWN DUTIES OF GAL TRAINING FOR FAMILY COURT & CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT GAL THE DUTIES OF CPS & GAL TO FAMILY COURT 2012-11-16 LORI JACKSON, TOBY LESTER, JOYCE YEDLOSKY, COLIN CLINE MORGANTOWN TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF TRAINING FOR FAMILY COU...

December 16, 2012

I Wonder What’s Gone Wrong? Newtown Connecticut

...culture, the Gothic,and anti-society culture of the Internet, and of high violence video games, the purchase and use of body armor, and hatred, plenty of hatred. g. Non-mentally ill “haters” can easily locate neo-Nazi and other racists materials on line. They feed on the hatred and myths of the other haters. h. Gay Americans can focus on “gay culture”; Blacks on “black culture”; and Hispanics, on Spanish language t.v. Racing fans even have thieir...