Rory Perry: Topics-FamilyInformation about recent WV Supreme Court cases and opinions involving issues of family law.Summaries of all January 2007 opinions posted - corrected- August 28, 2007 Summaries of all 62 opinions issued in the January 2007 term of court are now posted. The summaries are in three groups. Issue 91, posted on March 2, 2007, contains summaries of the first ten opinions of the term. Issue 92, posted August 22, contains summaries of 45 opinions. Finally, Issue 93, posted August 28, contains seven opinion summaries that were inadvertently omitted from Issue 92. The opinion summaries are also available on three general category pages: Civil, Criminal, and...http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/Clerk/Topics/Family/2007/08/28.html#a1278 FAMILY :: Vacating post-majority college expense obligations without agreement- August 22, 2007 CAROLE E. DAMRON SHORTT v. FREDERICK CECIL DAMRON, No. 33185 (STARCHER, J.)(May 11, 2007). Former husband appealed an order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County that affirmed a family court decision requiring him to pay expenses for the post high school education of his child. Clarifying the relationship between two versions of a statute relating to such orders in syllabus point 2: "W.Va. Code, 48-2-15d 1993 was amended in 1994 (using language now codified at W.Va. Code, 48-11-103(c) 2002)..http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/Clerk/Topics/Family/2007/08/22.html#a1248 FAMILY, EVIDENCE, PROCEDURE :: Admission of hearsay testimony, harmless error- August 22, 2007 IN RE: MARRIAGE OF MISTY D.G. v. RODNEY L.F., No. 33226 (Per Curiam)(June 13, 2007). Reversing an order of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County that reversed a family court decision. Holding that the circuit court erred in concluding that the family court improperly considered inadmissible hearsay and expert witness evidence in rendering its decision to modify child custody. Holding that the family court properly admitted certain testimony by a counselor under the medical treatment exception..http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/Clerk/Topics/Family/2007/08/22.html#a1247 Opinion summary Issue 92- August 22, 2007 Today I'll be posting the contents of Issue 92 of the opinion summary service. The most recent issue covers the last 45 opinions issued in the January 2007 term of court.http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/Clerk/Topics/Family/2007/08/22.html#a1224 |