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</header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><h3 class="text-align-center">FAMILY COURTS</h3><hr><p>Family court judges hear cases involving divorce; annulment; separate maintenance; paternity; grandparent visitation; issues involving allocation of parental responsibility; and family support proceedings, except those incidental to child abuse and neglect proceedings. Family court judges also hold final hearings in domestic violence civil proceedings.</p><a href="/public-resources/court-information-county/county-map"><div class="align-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/pubfilesmnt/2023-06/CourtInfoByCountyIcon.png" width="150" height="119" alt="Court Information by County"> </div> </div> </div> </a><p>There are forty-seven family court judges who serve twenty-seven family court circuits. Family court judges, who were previously appointed by the governor, were elected in partisan elections for the first time in 2002. Family Court Judges are required to reside in their circuit and must be admitted to practice law in West Virginia for at least five years before taking office. Like Circuit Court Judges, their elections are non-partisan, their terms are for eight years and the Governor appoints a replacement to serve until the next election if a Family Court Judge leaves office prior to the expiration of his or her term.</p><hr><h4>Links of Interest </h4><ul><li><a href="https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/county-map">Map of West Virginia with links to county contact information</a></li><li><a href="/sites/default/pubfilesmnt/2024-10/2025FamilyMap.pdf">2025 Family Court Map, effective January 1, 2025</a></li><li><a href="/lower-courts/family-courts/judge-bios">Family Court Judge Bios</a></li><li><a href="https://www.courtswv.gov/sites/default/pubfilesmnt/2024-04/2023annualStats.pdf">2023 Annual Report Statistics</a></li><li><a href="/lower-courts/family-courts/parent-education">Family Court Parent Education</a></li><li><a href="/lower-courts/family-courts/guardian-ad-litem-training">Family Court GAL Training</a></li><li><a href="/sites/default/pubfilesmnt/2023-06/WVGuardianadlitem.pdf">Guardian <em>ad litem</em> Information Form</a></li><li><a href="/sites/default/pubfilesmnt/2024-07/GALList7-24.pdf">Family Court Guardian <em>ad litem</em> list</a></li><li><a href="/sites/default/pubfilesmnt/2023-06/2022FamilyCourtJudgeWorkloadStudyReport.pdf">West Virginia Family Court Judge Workload Study, Final Report 2022</a></li><li><a href="/lower-courts/family-courts/mediation">Family Court-Ordered Mediation in West Virginia</a></li><li><a href="/sites/default/pubfilesmnt/2024-07/MediatorbyCounty7-24.pdf">Family Court Mediator List</a></li><li><a href="/sites/default/pubfilesmnt/2023-06/DV_BenchBook_2019.pdf">WV Benchbook for Domestic Violence Proceedings</a></li><li><a href="/sites/default/pubfilesmnt/2023-06/DV_Brochure_English_2019.pdf">Domestic Violence Brochure</a></li><li><a href="/sites/default/pubfilesmnt/2023-06/DV_Brochure_Spanish_2019.pdf">Folleto de violencia domestica</a></li><li><a href="/sites/default/pubfilesmnt/2023-06/ContinuationFamilyCourtAppellateProcedures.pdf">Continuation of Family Court Appellate Procedures</a></li><li><a href="/sites/default/pubfilesmnt/2023-06/2009-01-01_FC_Divisions_Order.pdf">Order Establishing Family Court Divisions effective January 1, 2009</a></li></ul><p> </p></div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </section> </section> </main> <div class="sidebar_second sidebar col-md-3 order-last" id="sidebar_second"> <aside class="section" role="complementary"> <section class="container region region-sidebar-second"> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-sidebarfamilycourts-2-menu" id="block-sidebarfamilycourts-2" class="block block-menu navigation menu--sidebar---family-courts"> <h2 class="visually-hidden" id="block-sidebarfamilycourts-2-menu">Sidebar - 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